Neoascia tenur

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Neoascia tenur
Neoascia tenur, Trawscoed, North Wales, July 2012 (17517285985).jpg
Neoascia tenur Trawscoed, North Wales
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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. tenur
Binomial name
Neoascia tenur
(Harris 1780) [1]
Synonyms

Neoascia tenur is a Palearctic species of hoverfly. [6] [7]

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Description

For terms, see Morphology of Diptera
Wing length 3-5 ·25 mm. Tibiae 1 yellow with the dark ring. Metatarsae 1 yellow with the dark patch, other segments of tarsi 1 yellowish. Females: abdomen not as broad as N. meticulosa. The male genitalia are figured by Barkemeyer & Claussen (1986) [8] Larvae and puparia described and figured by Maibach and Goeldlin (1993) . [9] See references for determination. [10] [11] [12] [13]

The male genitalia are illustrated by Barkemeyer and Claussen (1986) [14]

Distribution

Palearctic Fennoscandia South to Iberia and the Mediterranean basin. Ireland east through Europe into Turkey and to European parts of Russia and on to Siberia. [7] [15]

Biology

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Habitat.Italy.

Habitat: Wetlands, flushes and streams in blanket bog, raised bogs, fen, wet grassland, pond and lake margins and along brooks. [16] Flowers visited include Caltha, Cicuta virosa, Filipendula ulmaria, Potentilla erecta, Ranunculus, Salix repens. [17] The flight period is April to September. The larva is sub-aquatic within stem sheaths of Typha and other water plants.

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References

  1. 1 2 Harris, M. (1780). An exposition of English insects. Vol. Decads III, IV. London: Robson Co. pp. 73–99, 100–138, pls. 21–30, 31–40. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  2. 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.
  3. 1 2 Kanervo, E. (1934). "Einige neue Syrphiden aus Petsamo". Annales Botanici Societatis Zoologicae-Botanicae Fennicae "Vanamo". 14 (5): 115–135.
  4. ↑ Gravenhorst, J.L.C. (1807). Vergleichende Uebersicht des Linneischen und einiger neuern zoologischen Systeme. Goettingen: Dieterich. pp. xvi + 476 pp.
  5. ↑ Zetterstedt, J. W. (1838). Dipterologis Scandinaviae. Sect. 3: Diptera, pp. 477-868. In his Insecta Lapponica. Lipsiae [= Leipzig]. pp. vi + 1, 140.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. 1 2 Fauna Europaea
  8. ↑ Barkemeyer, W. & Claussen, C. (1986) Zur Identitat von Neoascia unifasciata (Strobl 1898): mit einem Schlussel fur die in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland nachgewiesenen Arten der Gattung Neoascia Williston 1886 (Diptera: Syrphidae). Bonn.zool.Beitr., 37: 229-239.
  9. ↑ Maibach, A. & Goeldlin de Tiefenau, P. (1993) Description et clé de détermination des stades immatures de plusieurs espèces du genre Neoascia Williston de la région paléarctique occidentale (Diptera, Syrphidae). Bull.Soc.ent.Suisse, 66: 337-257.
  10. ↑ Van Veen, M. (2004) Hoverflies of Northwest Europe: identification keys to the Syrphidae. 256pp. KNNV Publishing, Utrecht.addendum
  11. ↑ 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.
  12. ↑ Bei-Bienko, G.Y. & Steyskal, G.C. (1988) 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.
  13. ↑ Coe, R.L. (1953) Diptera: Syrphidae. Handbks.ident.Br.insects, 10(1): 1-98. R.ent.Soc.London.
  14. ↑ Barkemeyer, W. & Claussen, C. (1986) Zur Identitat von Neoascia unifasciata (Strobl 1898): mit einem Schlussel fur die in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland nachgewiesenen Arten der Gattung Neoascia Williston 1886 (Diptera: Syrphidae). Bonn.zool.Beitr., 37: 229-239.
  15. ↑ Peck, L.V. (1988) Syrphidae. In: Soos, A. & Papp, L. (eds.) Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera, 8: 11-230. Akad.Kiado, Budapest.
  16. ↑ Speight, M.C.D. (2011). "Species accounts of European Syrphidae (Diptera)" (PDF). Syrph the Net, the database of European Syrphidae. 65: 285pp.
  17. ↑ de Buck, N. (1990) Bloembezoek en bestuivingsecologie van Zweefvliegen (Diptera, Syrphidae) in het bijzonder voor België. Doc.Trav. IRSNB, no.60, 1-167.


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