Neoascia geniculata

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Neoascia geniculata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Subfamily: Eristalinae
Tribe: Brachyopini
Subtribe: Spheginina
Genus: Neoascia
Species:
N. geniculata
Binomial name
Neoascia geniculata
(Meigen, 1822) [1]
Synonyms

Neoascia geniculata is a Palearctic species of hoverfly.

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Description

External images For terms see Morphology of Diptera
The 3rd segment of the antenna is rounded-oval (length barely exceeding width). The hypopygium is clothed with white hairs. Abdomen blackish bronzy in male with fairly broad reddish yellow bands on tergite 3; in female bronzy with black dots over greater part of tergite 3 (latter character distinguishing female of N. geniculata Mg. from female of N. aenea Mg.). Surstyli elongated-oval. Body length 4.0 to 5.0 mm. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

Distribution

Scandinavia South to central France. Ireland East through Central Europe, European Russia to Siberia. [9] [10]

Habitat

Wetlands- acid fen, calcareous fen aapamire and raised bog.

Biology

Flies low among vegetation in May to September Flowers visited include white umbellifers, Alisma plantago-aquatica , Baldellia ranunculoides , Caltha palustris , Potentilla erecta , Ranunculus . [11]

References

  1. 1 2 Meigen, Johann Wilhelm (1822). Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäische n zweiflugeligen Insekten. Hamm: Dritter Theil. Schulz-Wundermann. pp. x, 416, pls. 22–32. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  2. 1 2 Curran, C.H. (1925). "Revision of the genus Neoascia Williston (Diptera: Syrphidae)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 27: 51–62.
  3. ↑ Violovitsh, N.A. (1957). "New palaearctic Syrphidae (Diptera) from the Far Eastern Territory of the USSR". Entomologicheskoe Obozreni (in Russian). 36: 748–755.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ Van Veen, M. (2004) Hoverflies of Northwest Europe: identification keys to the Syrphidae. 256pp. KNNV Publishing, Utrecht.addendum
  8. ↑ Coe, R.L. (1953) Diptera: Syrphidae. Handbks.ident.Br.insects, 10(1): 1-98. R.ent.Soc.London. pdf
  9. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  10. ↑ Peck, L.V. (1988) Syrphidae. In: Soos, A. & Papp, L. (eds.) Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera, 8: 11-230. Akad.Kiado, Budapest.
  11. ↑ 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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