Fagisyrphus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Syrphidae |
Subfamily: | Syrphinae |
Tribe: | Syrphini |
Genus: | Fagisyrphus |
Species: | F. cinctus |
Binomial name | |
Fagisyrphus cinctus (Fallén, 1817) | |
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Fagisyrphus cinctus is a European species of hoverfly. This species has a muddled taxonomic history. Older authors treated it as a member of the genus Melangyna , and later sources in Meligramma (as either a separate genus or a subgenus of Melangyna), but the most recent sources recognize it as the sole species in its own monotypic genus, Fagisyrphus. [1]
External images For terms see Morphology of Diptera
Wing length 6 ·25–8·75 mm. Tergites 3 and 4 with yellow to orange bands. Tergite 2 with two yellow, triangular marks. Elongate abdomen. See references for determination. [2] [3] [4] [5] The male genitalia are figured by Dusek and Laska (1967). [6] The larva is figured in colour by Rotheray (1994). [7]
Palearctic Fennoscandia South to Iberia and the Mediterranean. Ireland Eastwards through Europe into European Russia, the Crimea and Turkey. [8] [9]
Habitat: Fagus and Quercus woodland. [10] Flowers visited include white umbellifers, Acer pseudoplatanus, Crataegus, Ligustrum, Malus sylvestris, Prunus spinosa, Rubus idaeus, Salix, Sambucus nigra, Sorbus aucupariae, Urtica dioica, Viburnus opulus. [11] The flight period is April to July in two generations. The larva feeds on aphids.
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Meliscaeva auricollis is a West Palearctic species of hoverfly.
Meliscaeva cinctella is a Holarctic species of hoverfly.
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Melangyna lasiophthalma is a Holarctic species of hoverfly.
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Melangyna arctica is a Holarctic species of hoverfly.
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