Eupeodes nitens
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| Eupeodes nitens | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Genus: | Eupeodes |
| Species: | E. nitens
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| Binomial name | |
| Eupeodes nitens (Zetterstedt, 1843)
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Eupeodes nitens is a Palearctic species of hoverfly.
Description
[edit | edit source]Resembles other Eupeodes. Determination is problematic. Key references are Van der Goot, V.S. (1981) [1][2] The adult insect is illustrated in colour by Stubbs and Falk (1983).[3]
Distribution and biology
[edit | edit source]It is found from Fennoscandia south to the Pyrenees and from England eastwards through Central and Southern into Siberia and the Russian Far East on to the Pacific coast in Fagus forest and alpine grassland from May August.[4][5]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Van der Goot, V.S. (1981) De zweefvliegen van Noordwest - Europa en Europees Rusland, in het bijzonder van de Benelux. KNNV, Uitgave no.32: 275pp. Amsterdam and Dusek, J. & Laska, P. (1976)
- ^ Dusek, J. & Laska, P. (1976) European species of Metasyrphus: key, descriptions and notes. Acta ent. bohemoslov, 73: 263 - 282
- ^ Stubbs, A.E. & Falk, S.J. (1983) British hoverflies: an illustrated identification guide Br.Ent.Nat.Hist.Soc., London, 253pp.
- ^ . Fauna Europaea
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External links
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