Kingdom Animalia Order Diptera Genus Platycheirus Scientific name Platycheirus fulviventris Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Family Syrphidae Subgenus Platycheirus Higher classification Platycheirus | |
Similar Platycheirus, Hoverfly, Platycheirus peltatus, Platycheirus clypeatus, Platycheirus manicatus | ||
Platycheirus fulviventris is a species of hoverfly. It is found in many parts of Britain and Europe.
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Description
External images For terms, see: Morphology of Diptera.
Femora 1 has dense black hairs along entire length. Tibia 1 is abruptly widened at mid-length, then parallel-sided to the tip. See references for determination.
Distribution
Palearctic: Fennoscandia south to Iberia and the Mediterranean basin, Ireland east through Northern Europe, Central Europe and Southern Europe into Turkey and European Russia and on to Siberia and the Russian Far East to the Pacific coast.
Biology
Habitat: marsh, fen, river margins of rivers and ditches in farmland. Flies May to August.
References
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