Family Syrphidae Rank Species | Order Diptera | |
Similar Platycheirus scambus, Platycheirus tarsalis, Platycheirus rosarum, Platycheirus granditarsus, Platycheirus ambiguus | ||
Description
External images For terms, see: Morphology of Diptera. Anteroventral black hairs are strongly bent towards the base of the femur 2; Tibia 1 uniformly widened from base to apex.
See references for determination
Distribution
Palearctic: Norway and Finland south to northern France, Ireland east through Northern Europe and central Europe into European Russia and on through Siberia and the Russian Far East to the Pacific coast;Nearctic: from Alaska to New Brunswick and south to Utah.
Biology
Habitat:Sedge and reed beds in fen and mire and along rivers or the edge of lakes. Flies April to September.
References
Platycheirus perpallidus Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA