Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Syrphidae Scientific name Sericomyia silentis | Phylum Arthropoda Order Diptera Genus Sericomyia Rank Species | |
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Similar Sericomyia, Sericomyia lappona, Chrysotoxum bicinctum, Helophilus trivittatus, Rhingia campestris | ||
Sericomyia silentis hoverfly
Sericomyia silentis, is a species of hoverfly. It is widespread throughout the Palearctic but normally encountered in small numbers in mountain regions and moorland and bog locations.
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Description
External images For terms see Morphology of Diptera
Wing length 9 ยท5-14 mm. Pregenital segment yellow.Legs yellowish, base of femorae black. Tergites 2-4 dark yellow side-stripes widen towards tergite margins. See references for determination
Distribution
Palearctic Fennoscandia South to the Pyrenees.Ireland East through North Europe and Central Europe (Alps) into Russia and the Caucasus and on to Siberia, the Russian Far East and Japan.
Biology
Habittat:wet moorland, valley bog, fen and Alnus Salix carr. Flies May to October.
References
Sericomyia silentis Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA