Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Syrphidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Diptera Genus Sphegina | |
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Similar Sphegina, Platycheirus ambiguus, Paragus albifrons, Orthonevra nobilis, Platycheirus scambus | ||
Description
External images For terms see Morphology of Diptera
Wing length 5-6ยท75 mm. Humerus pale, yellow or orange.3rd antennomere large. Mesonotum shining black, pollinose only on margins.Tarsi 1 and 2 pale.Wing hyaline.See references for determination.
Distribution
Palearctic Fennoscandia South to the Pyrenees and Spain.Ireland East through Central Europe and Southern Europe (northern Italy, the former Yugoslavia, northern Greece) into European Russia to the Caucasus mountains.Also Samos (Greece)
Biology
Habitat:Fagus and Quercus and other woodland, flying in partial shade and near streams.
References
Sphegina elegans Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA