| Platycheirus amplus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Subfamily: | Syrphinae |
| Tribe: | Bacchini |
| Genus: | Platycheirus |
| Subgenus: | Platycheirus |
| Species: | P. amplus |
| Binomial name | |
| Platycheirus amplus Curran, 1927 | |
| Synonyms | |
Platycheirus amplus is a Holarctic species of hoverfly found in wetlands, fens, moorland streams and bogs. [2] [3]
External images For terms, see: Morphology of Diptera.
Frons have broad and ill-defined pollinose spots, occupying more than 3/4 of frons. Marks on tergites 3 and 4 are about 1.5 times as broad as long. The 3rd tergite is distinctly less than twice as broad as long. See references for determination. [4] [5] [6]
Palearctic: Britain, Ireland, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands and Belgium. Nearctic: Alaska south to California. [7] [8] [9]
Habitat: fen and poor fen, flushes and brooks in moor and bog. [10] It flies June to July. Playcheirus larvae feed on aphids on various low-growing plants and bushes.
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Anasimyia lineata is a Palaearctic species of hoverfly.
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