Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Syrphidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Diptera Genus Platycheirus | |
Similar Platycheirus scambus, Platycheirus manicatus, Platycheirus granditarsus, Platycheirus ambiguus, Platycheirus peltatus | ||
Description
External images For terms see Morphology of Diptera
Tibiae 2 uniformly broadened from base towards apex then becoming smaller and then swelling strongly on apical 1/5.
Distribution
Palearctic Fennoscandia South to northern France (Vosges).Ireland Eastwards through Northern Europe and Central Europe, northern Italy to EuropeanRussia; Siberia Nearctic Alaska through Canada and South through the Rocky mountains to Colorado.
References
Platycheirus nielseni Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA