Meliscaeva auricollis | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Syrphidae |
Genus: | Meliscaeva |
Species: | M. auricollis |
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Meliscaeva auricollis (Meigen, 1822) | |
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Meliscaeva auricollis is a West Palearctic species of hoverfly. [1]
External images For terms see Morphology of Diptera
Wing length 6-9·5 mm. Elongated body. Lunula yellow with a black mark above it. Facial knob or more black; wing. Alula triangular. Tergite 2 usually with small elongate yellow marks, or small triangular marks. Tergites 3 and 4 with a pair of spots or narrowly connected bands. Elongated body. The male terminalia are figured by Hippa (1968). [2] Larva described and figured by Rotheray (1994). [3] See references for determination. [4] [5] [6] [7]
Palearctic Fennoscandia South to Iberia, the Mediterranean basin. Ireland East through Europe into European parts of Russia and Turkey. [8] [9]
Habitat: Deciduous, broad-leaved evergreen and coniferous forest. Flowers visited include white umbellifers, Arbutus unedo, Chaerophyllum, Euonymus, Euphorbia, Filipendula, Hedera, Rubus, Salix, Sorbus, Viburnum opulus. [10] The flight period is March to October (earlier and longer in southern Europe). The larva feeds on aphids or pysillids on trees.