Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Syrphidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Diptera Genus Anasimyia | |
Similar Anasimyia contracta, Anasimyia interpuncta, Anasimyia lineata, Anasimyia, Cheilosia impressa | ||
Anasimyia transfuga is a European species of hoverfly.
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Description
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The wing length 6-8ยท25 mm. Dark ground colour with steeply inclined hooked markings (the inner limb is strongly oblique). Very similar to A. contracta, but transfuga has the lateral margins of tergite 2 less concave than in contracta. There are also differences in the grey dusting of the sternites (sternites 2 and 3 are completely grey dusted in the male of transfuga).
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Habits
A wetland species found on tall emergent pond side vegetation, margins of mesotrophic pools and lakes with Scirpus or Sparganium.Flowers visited include Caltha palustris, Ranunculus repens, white umbellifers, Sonchus arvensis, Sorbus aucuparia and Taraxacum. Flies early May to July. The larva is aquatic and microphagous in rotting plant debris. Flies April to October
Distribution
A Palearctic species with a wide distribution in Europe East to Siberia.