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| Platycheirus angustatus female, Trawscoed, North Wales | |
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| Platycheirus angustatus (Zetterstedt, 1843) | |
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Platycheirus angustatus is a species of hoverfly. It is found in many parts of the Palearctic, and in the Nearctic. [2] [3] [4] [5]
External images For terms, see: Morphology of Diptera.
Wing length: 5–7 mm (0.20–0.28 in). Notopleurae and anepisternum shiny. Tergites 2 and 3 are much longer than wide; spots on tergite 3 at least 4/5 length of tergite; femur 1: some long black hairs suddenly bent at tip. The male genitalia are figured by Goeldlin et al (1990). [6] The larva is described and figured by Rotheray (1988) [7] See references for determination. [8] [9] [10] [11]
Palearctic: Fennoscandia south to North Spain, Ireland east through North Europe and Central Europe, European Russia to Siberia and the Pacific coast (Sakhalin Is.) Nearctic: Alaska to Quebec and south to Washington. [12] [13] [14]
Habitat: wetland fen, marsh unimproved grassland subject to seasonal flooding. [15] Flowers visited include Cyperaceae, Graminae, Aegopodium , Leontodon , Lycopus europaeus, Polygonum cuspidatum , Ranunculus , Rubus fruticosus . Flies May to September. The larva feeds on aphids.
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