Family Syrphidae Rank Species | Order Diptera | |
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Similar Parhelophilus, Parhelophilus frutetorum, Helophilus hybridus, Neoascia podagrica, Anasimyia lineata | ||
Description
External images For terms see Morphology of Diptera
Wing length 7-9 mm. No posteroventral tubercle at base of Femur 3.Face convex.Occiput with yellow hairs only.Reemer (2000) figures the male genitalia. The larva is figured by Hartley (1961) See references for determination.
Distribution
Palearctic Southern Fennoscandia South to Iberia and the Mediterranean basin.Ireland East through Europe into Turkey and European Russia then to western Siberia.
Biology
Habitat : Wetland.Fen, marsh and reed beds. Flowers visited include white umbellifers, Aegopodium podagraria, Cardamine, Cistus, Crataegus, Euphorbia, Filipendula ulmaria, Galium, Leontodon, Sorbus aucuparia. Flies May to August.The larvae is aquatic. It has been collected from decaying rhizomes of Typha
References
Parhelophilus versicolor Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA