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Dasysyrphus albostriatus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Syrphidae

Scientific name
  
Dasysyrphus albostriatus

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Diptera

Genus
  
Dasysyrphus

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Dasysyrphus, Dasysyrphus tricinctus, Dasysyrphus venustus, Eupeodes luniger, Epistrophe eligans

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Dasysyrphus albostriatus is a Palearctic species of hoverfly.

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Dasysyrphus albostriatus


Description

External images For terms see Morphology of Diptera
Wing length 6·25-9·5 mm. Thorax dorsum with two median stripes of white dust.The thorax is otherwise shining black.Tergites with linear yellow spots which sometimes connect on tergites3 and 4. The larva is figured by (Dusek and Laska (1962)

Distribution

Palaearctic .Fennoscandia South to Iberia and north Africa.Ireland eastwards through Central and Southern Europe (Italy, Yugoslavia) to Greece, Turkey and European parts of Russia (South to Crimea and the Caucasus). East into Central Asia and Japan.

Biology

Habitat coniferous and deciduous woodland and conifer plantation, up to the alpine zone, tracksides, clearings, parks, gardens. Flowers visited include yellow composites, white umbellifers, Acer pseudoplatanus, Calluna, Crataegus, Euphorbia, Lonicera xylosteum, Papaver, Ranunculus, Rubus, Salix, Sorbus, Stellaria, Succisa pratensis, Viburnum opulus The flight period is from the end of April (early April in southern Europe) to September. The larva is predominantly aphid-feeding, but also predatory on a wide range of soft-bodied insects.

References

Dasysyrphus albostriatus Wikipedia