| Neoascia meticulosa | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Subfamily: | Eristalinae |
| Tribe: | Brachyopini |
| Subtribe: | Spheginina |
| Genus: | Neoascia |
| Species: | N. meticulosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Neoascia meticulosa | |
| Synonyms | |
Neoascia meticulosa is a species of hoverfly. [4] [5]
External images For terms see Morphology of Diptera
Wing length 4.5–5 mm. Mouth edge protruding no more than a distance equal to 1/2 the horizontal diameter of an eye. Tibiae 1 and tibiae 2 yellow. Male abdomen black with yellow spots. Female abdomen broad and usually entirely black. Barkemeyer & Claussen (1986) [6] figure the male genitalia. The larva is figured by Hartley (1961)) [7] See references for determination. [8] [9] [10] [11] The male genitalia are illustrated by Barkemeyer and Claussen (1986) [12]
Palearctic Fennoscandia South to North Spain, the Alps, Italy and Yugoslavia. Ireland East through North Europe and Central Europe into European Russia and the Caucasus. East through Siberia to Lake Baikal. [13] [14]
Habitat: Wetlands, fens, ponds and stream margins. [15] Flowers visited include white umbellifers, Anemone nemorosa, Caltha, Cardamine, Ficaria verna, Galium, Prunus avium, Ranunculus, Salix, Sorbus aucuparia, Taraxacum. [16] The flight period is end April to June. The larva is aquatic and has found beneath the outer leaves of rotting Typha stems.
Eristalis intricaria is a European species of hoverfly. It is a furry bee mimic, superficially resembling Merodon, though Merodon have all black leg tibiae, as opposed to partly yellow. E. intricaria is somewhat variable in colour pattern, and some attempts at naming varieties have been tentatively made. Flight time of adults in the UK are from March to September. It is generally widespread, but is seldom seen in large numbers. Habitat is woodland or marshland.
Eupeodes corollae is a very common European species of hoverfly. Adults are 6–11 millimetres (0.24–0.43 in) in body length. Males and females have different marking on the abdomen; males have square commas on tergites 3 and 4, whereas females have narrow commas. Larvae feed on aphids. This species has been used experimentally in glasshouses as a method of aphid control, and to control scale insects and aphids in fruit plantations. They were found to be partial to the fruit, eating more fruit than aphids.
Parasyrphus annulatus is a Palearctic species of hoverfly.
Chrysogaster solstitialis is a European species of hoverfly.
Cheilosia variabilis, common name figwort cheilosia, is a species of hoverfly belonging to the family Syrphidae.
Neoascia podagrica is a species of hoverfly.
Microdon mutabilis, is a species of hoverfly. It is found in many parts of Britain and Europe. The distinctive almost slug-like larvae live in ants' nests. They are hemispherical in shape, heavily armoured and believed to prey on the eggs and larvae of a number of ant species, including Formica lemani, Formica fusca, Lasius niger and Myrmica ruginodis. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae.
Microdon analis, is a species of hoverfly. It is found in the Palearctic. The distinctive almost slug-like larvae live in ants nests. The larvae are hemispherical in shape and heavily armoured. They are believed to prey on the eggs and larvae of a number of different ant species, notably Lasius niger and the Formica rufa group. These ants are usually found on heathland. However Schmid (2004) claims that Microdon analis and M. major which are cryptic species have been confused under the name analis. M.major is apparently associated with ants of the genus Formica, the other species, M.analis, with Lasius species.
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, but the most recent sources recognize it as the sole species in its own monotypic genus, Fagisyrphus.
Lejogaster metallina is a Palearctic species of hoverfly.
Parasyrphus lineolus is a Holarctic species of hoverfly.
Anasimyia contracta is a European species of hoverfly.
Parhelophilus consimilis is a Palearctic hoverfly.
Heringia heringi is a European species of hoverfly.
Meligramma guttatum is a Holarctic species of hoverfly.
Megasyrphus erraticus is a Holarctic species of hoverfly associated with mature conifer woodlands and plantations.
Dasysyrphus pinastri is a species of hoverfly found in Europe.
Neoascia tenur is a Palearctic species of hoverfly.
Neoascia geniculata is a Palearctic species of hoverfly.
Neoascia obliqua is a Palearctic species of hoverfly.
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