Kingdom Animalia Order Diptera Genus Platycheirus Scientific name Platycheirus manicatus Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Family Syrphidae Subgenus Platycheirus Higher classification Platycheirus | |
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Similar Platycheirus, Hoverfly, Platycheirus peltatus, Platycheirus clypeatus, Platycheirus scutatus | ||
Platycheirus manicatus is a species of hoverfly. It is found across the Palearctic and in Alaska.
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Description
External images For terms, see: Morphology of Diptera.
Mouth edge is projecting beyond facial knob, and abdomen has four pairs of large yellow marks. Thorax dorsum is dull; tibiae and tarsi of leg 1 are diagnostic.
Distribution
Palearctic: Fennoscandia south to Iberia, the Mediterranean basin, Ireland eastwards through Europe into Turkey and Russia then Siberia and the Altai. Nearctic: Alaska and Greenland.
Biology
Habitat: fen, humid, grassland (to above 2,000 metres or 6,600 feet in the Alps), moorland and taiga. It flies May to September.
References
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