| Lejogaster tarsata | |
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| Lejogaster tarsata Scotland | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Genus: | Lejogaster |
| Species: | L. tarsata |
| Binomial name | |
| Lejogaster tarsata (Meigen, 1822) | |
| Synonyms | |
Lejogaster splendida (Meigen, 1822) | |
Lejogaster tarsata is a Palearctic hoverfly
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The thorax and abdomen are lustrous metallic green to golden, frequently with reddish reflections. The tergite at the tip of the abdomen is yellowish-green with blue and purple reflections except around the margin. In the male the face lacks a median tubercle. The third segment of antennae below for greater or lesser part narrow and part yellow towards the tip. Middle segment of tarsi yellow. Body length 5.0 to 7.0 mm. [1] [2] The larva is described and figured by Rotheray (1994). [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
Scandinavia south to the Mediterranean basin. From Ireland east through Central Europe and Southern Europe into European Russia, Iran and Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kirghizia, Turkmenia and Kazakhstan to Mongolia, Siberia and the Russian Far East. [8] [9]
Wetland, margins of streams and pools, springs and spring-fed ponds.
Flies in a zigzag, darting fashion from May to August. Flowers visited are white umbellifers Matricaria , Ranunculus . [10]
Chrysotoxum cautum is a species of hoverfly. It is found in southern Britain and Europe East into the Palearctic but is normally encountered in small numbers. The larvae are thought to feed on root aphids. Adults are usually found on the edges of woodland or scrub or along hedgerows where they visit a wide range of flowers.
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Melangyna lasiophthalma is a Holarctic species of hoverfly.
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Pipiza bimaculata is a species of hoverfly, from the family Syrphidae, in the order Diptera.
Parasyrphus vittiger is a species of hoverfly, from the family Syrphidae, in the order Diptera.
Anasimyia lineata is a Palaearctic species of hoverfly.
Anasimyia transfuga is a Palearctic species of hoverfly.
Melangyna quadrimaculata is a European species of hoverfly.
Chrysotoxum festivum is a species of hoverfly.
Brachypalpoides lentus is a European species of hoverflies.
Chrysotoxum fasciatum is a species of Holarctic hoverfly.
Brachyopa insensilis is a Palearctic species of hoverflies.
Cheilosia scutellata is a Palearctic hoverfly.
Melanogaster aerosa is a Palearctic hoverfly
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