Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Syrphidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Diptera Genus Paragus | |
Similar Paragus albifrons, Paragus haemorrhous, Paragus tibialis, Platycheirus ambiguus, Paragus pecchiolii | ||
Paragus constrictus, is a species of hoverfly. It is found in Southern Sweden and Denmark, Ireland, Spain, Germany, the French Alps, Switzerland,Austria, Italy, Yugoslavia and Turkey and Russia East of the Urals. This species may only be distinguished from Paragus tibialis by the shape of the male parameres.In both sexes it shares with P. tibialis the character of entirely pale-haired abdominal tergites, so it is distinct from Paragus haemorrhous which has dark hairs. Images representing Paragus constrictus
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