Kingdom Animalia Order Diptera Genus Platycheirus Scientific name Platycheirus scambus Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Family Syrphidae Subgenus Platycheirus Higher classification Platycheirus | |
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Similar Platycheirus, Platycheirus manicatus, Platycheirus clypeatus, Hoverfly, Fly | ||
Platycheirus scambus is a species of hoverfly. It is a Holarctic species.
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Description
External images For terms, see: Morphology of Diptera.
Femora 1 is without long white hairs at base and with 5 dorsal long black bristles. Tibia 1 is irregularly increasing in width, with a small incision at the outer margin. See references for determination.
Distribution
Palearctic: Fennoscandia south to central France, Ireland eastward to Northern Europe and Central Europe to European Russia and through Siberia and the Russian Far East. Nearctic: from Alaska to Quebec and south to California.
Biology
Habitat: fen, including coastal fen and river margins. Also lives in salt-marsh. It flies May to September.
References
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