Kingdom Animalia Family Syrphidae Genus Paragus Order Fly | Class Insecta Phylum Arthropoda Rank Species | |
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Similar Paragus, Fly, Paragus albifrons, Paragus tibialis, Paragus haemorrhous | ||
Description
Paragus pecchiolii can reach a length of 5.5–6.5 millimetres (0.22–0.26 in). This species shows a black thorax with two dusty stripes and a scutellum with yellow apex. Abdominal tergites are black, with distinct silvery hairy stripes, often reddish along lateral margins. Legs are yellow.
Distribution
This species is present in most of Europe, in the Near East and in North Africa.
References
Paragus pecchiolii Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA