Pipizella viduata | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Syrphidae |
Genus: | Pipizella |
Species: | P. viduata |
Binomial name | |
Pipizella viduata | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Pipizella viduata is a species of Hoverfly, from the family Syrphidae, in the order Diptera. [1]
External images For terms see Morphology of Diptera
Wing length 3 ·7 5-5 ·25 mm Genitalia figured by Van Veen (refs), small species, basitarsi dusky or dark brown. See references for determination. [2] [3] [4] [5]
Palearctic Fennoscandia South to Iberia and the Mediterranean basin. Ireland East Europe into European Russia and the Caucasus then to Siberia. [6] [7]
Woodland, scrub, dune grassland, heathland and unimproved pasture, grassy clearings in woodland Flowers visited include umbellifers, Euphorbia, Galium, Potentilla erecta. [8] Flies April to October [9]
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