Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Syrphidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Diptera Genus Parhelophilus | |
Similar Parhelophilus, Orthonevra brevicornis, Melanogaster, Pipiza luteitarsis, Parhelophilus frutetorum | ||
Description
External images For terms see Morphology of Diptera
Wing length 7 ·5-8 ·5 mm Apical 1/4 of front tibiae black.Tergite 1 with 2 diagonal dust bands.Face in lateral view protruding beyond frons.Reemer (2000) figures the male genitalia. See references for determination.
Distribution
Palearctic Fennoscandia South to Belgium and North France.Ireland East through Britain, Denmark, Poland and North Europe and Russia to eastern Siberia.
Biology
Habitat: Wetland.Fen,transition mire, bog, raised bog and cut-over bog.Flowers visited include white umbellifers, Bidens cernua, Menyanthes, Potentilla palustris, Ranunculus. Flies mid June to beginning August.
References
Parhelophilus consimilis Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA