Cheilosia velutina

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Cheilosia velutina
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Genus: Cheilosia
Species:
C. velutina
Binomial name
Cheilosia velutina
Loew 1840

Cheilosia velutina is a Palearctic hoverfly.

Description

External images For terms see Morphology of Diptera
Cheilosia velutina has the face swollen but the moderately glossy central knob poorly developed (flat) and the upper mouth-edge is vertical. Ihe face has a dense grey coating. Tergite 2 of the female has an undulating band of adpressed whitish hairs, tergites 3 and 4 also have pale hair bands. Eyes in upper half with light-colored hairs. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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Distribution

Scandinavia South to Spain and Ireland East through Europe into Russia, and on through Siberia and the Russian Far East. [6] [7]

Habitat

Deciduous forest, scrub and unimproved grassland.

Biology

Males hover up to 5m. near trees and shrubs, beside streams and tracks; both sexes settle on foliage up to 5m. Flight is low, very fast and very direct. Flowers visited include Achillea , Anemone nemorosa , Anthemis , Bellis , Caltha , Chrysanthemum , Galium , Potentilla erecta , Prunus spinosa , Ranunculus , Rorippa and Ranunculus . Flies July to August. The larva mines the stems of Cirsium palustre and the rhizome of Scrophularia nodosa . [8]

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References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Bei-Bienko, G.Y. & Steyskal, G.C. (1988a) Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR, Volume V: Diptera and Siphonaptera, Part I. Amerind Publishing Co., New Delhi. ISBN   81-205-0080-6.
  4. ↑ Van Veen, M. (2004) Hoverflies of Northwest Europe: identification keys to the Syrphidae. 256pp. KNNV Publishing, Utrecht.addendum
  5. ↑ Coe, R.L. (1953) Diptera: Syrphidae. Handbks. ident. Br. insects, 10(1): 1-98. R. Ent. Soc. London. pdf Archived 2018-10-04 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  7. ↑ Peck, L.V. (1988) Syrphidae. In: Soos, A. & Papp, L. (eds.) Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera, 8: 11-230. Akad.Kiado, Budapest.
  8. ↑ Speight, M.C.D. (2011). "Species accounts of European Syrphidae (Diptera)" (PDF). Syrph the Net, the database of European Syrphidae. 65: 285pp.
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