Cheilosia psilophthalma

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Cheilosia psilophthalma
Cheilosia psilophthalma (Syrphidae) - (female), Renkum, the Netherlands.jpg
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Genus: Cheilosia
Species:
C. psilophthalma
Binomial name
Cheilosia psilophthalma
(Becker, 1894)

Cheilosia psilophthalma is a Palearctic hoverfly closely related and very similar to Cheilosia latigenis , Cheilosia mutabilis and Cheilosia urbana . [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] It is a rare and little known species recorded from Scandinavia, Ireland, Britain, France, Poland, Switzerland, Greece, Montenegro, Serbia, Ukraine and European Russia. [6] Flowers visited include Acer platanoides , Anemone nemorosa , Primula veris , Prunus spinosa and Salix spp. Cheilosia psilophthalma flies in April and May (July at higher altitudes). Open, grassy areas within sparse woodland and unimproved, montane subalpine grassland are preferred habitats. [7] Larvae are recorded as developing in Hieracium pilosella and Hieracium caespitosum . [8]

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References

  1. ↑ Prokhorov, A., Popov, G. and Zaika,M 2018 New Records of Hoverflies (Diptera, Syrphidae) from Ukraine. I. Milesiini and Rhingiini Vestnik Zoologii, 2018, Vol.52(1), pp.13-20 [New Records of Hoverflies (Diptera, Syrphidae) from Ukraine. I. Milesiini and Rhingiini Vestnik Zoologii, 2018, Vol.52(1), pp.13-20 pdf
  2. ↑ Speight, M.C.D. (1996) Cheilosia psilophthalma and Odinia boletina: insects new to Ireland and Sapromyza sexpunctata confirmed as an Irish species (Diptera: Syrphidae, Odiniidae and Lauxaniidae). Ir.nat.J., 25: 178-182.
  3. ↑ Van Veen, M. (2004) Hoverflies of Northwest Europe: identification keys to the Syrphidae. 256pp. KNNV Publishing, Utrecht.addendum
  4. ↑ Van der Goot,V.S. (1981) De zweefvliegen van Noordwest - Europa en Europees Rusland, in het bijzonder van de Benelux. KNNV, Uitgave no.32: 275pp. Amsterdam.
  5. ↑ Stubbs, Alan E. & Falk, Steven J. (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide (2nd (revised) ed.). British Entomological & Natural History Society. p. 271, xvpp. ISBN   0-9502891-3-2.
  6. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  7. ↑ Speight, M.C.D. (2011). "Species accounts of European Syrphidae (Diptera)" (PDF). Syrph the Net, the Database of European Syrphidae. 65: 285pp.
  8. ↑ Grosskopf, G., Smith, L.A. & Syrett, P. (2001) Host range of Cheilosia urbana (Meigen) and Cheilosia psilophthalma (Becker) (Diptera: Syrphidae), candidates for the biological control of invasive alien hawkweeds (Hieracium spp., Asteraceae) in New Zealand.Biological Control, 24: 7-19.
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