Lejogaster metallina | |
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Lejogaster metallina | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Syrphidae |
Genus: | Lejogaster |
Species: | L. metallina |
Binomial name | |
Lejogaster metallina (Fabricius, 1777) | |
Lejogaster metallina is a Palearctic species of hoverfly. [1]
External images For terms see Morphology of Diptera
Shiny metallic green. Antennae completely black. Antennomere 3 round. Legs black. The male genitalia are figured by Maibach, A. & Goeldlin de Tiefenau (1994) . [2] The larva is illustrated by Hartley (1961) [3]
Wing length 4·75-6·5 mm. See references for determination. [4] [5] [6] [7]
Palearctic Fennoscandia and the Faroes South to Iberia and the Mediterranean basin. Ireland eastwards through Europe to the Russian Far East and Siberia to the Pacific. [8] [9]
Habitat: Wetland; mire, fen, marsh, pool and lake edge; along brooks in Quercus ilex forest in southern Europe. [10] Flowers visited include Ranunculaceae, white umbellifers, Cochlearia, Convolvulus, Leontodon, Polygonum, Symphoricarpos and Valeriana. [11] The flight period is May to June and August to September. The larva is aquatic, living among submerged plant roots.
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