Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Syrphidae Scientific name Sphaerophoria interrupta | Phylum Arthropoda Order Diptera Genus Sphaerophoria Rank Species | |
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Similar Dasysyrphus tricinctus, Platycheirus clypeatus, Orthonevra nobilis, Dasysyrphus venustus, Melangyna umbellatarum | ||
Sphaerophoria interrupta is a Palearctic species of hoverfly.
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Description
External images For terms see Morphology of Diptera
Wing length 4·5-6·25 mm. Tergites 2-4 with pairs of spots, which may merge in the middle and hairs on lateral margin of tergites 3-5 pale.Genitalia figured by Verinden Verlinden, L. (1991) . See references for determination.
Distribution
Palearctic Fennoscandia South to Iberia and the Mediterranean basin.Ireland East through Europe and European Russia and the Caucasus then to Siberia and Lake Baikal.
References
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