Family Syrphidae Rank Species | Order Diptera | |
Similar Platycheirus scambus, Platycheirus granditarsus, Platycheirus tarsalis, Platycheirus rosarum, Platycheirus ambiguus | ||
Description
External images For terms, see: Morphology of Diptera.
Tibiae 1 is strongly and rapidly broadened on apical third (slightly narrower apically than preapically). Leg 3 is black with yellow knee. Abdomen is slender.
See references for determination.
Distribution
Palearctic: Fennoscandia south to the Pyrenees, Ireland eastward through Northern Europe and mountainous parts of Central Europe into Russia and on to Southeast Siberia. Nearctic: Alberta and Ontario.
Biology
Habitat: Fen, margins of lakes, rivers and brooks in unimproved grassland, taiga and moor; unimproved montane and alpine grassland. It flies end of May to mid-August.
References
Platycheirus podagratus Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA