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Platycheirus melanopsis Loew, 1856 | |
Platycheirus melanopsis is a species of hoverfly. It is found from northern Europe across to eastern Siberia. [1] [2] [3] The larva is described by Rotheray [4]
A rather small and short Platycheirus with a protruding lower face related to Platycheirus manicatus and Platycheirus tarsalis . See references for determination. [5] [6] [7] [8]
Palearctic Sweden, Finland and Scotland, northern England, the Alps and the Pyrenees; eastwards through North Europe and the Alps into European Russia and Siberia. The habitat is calcareous montane grassland with Picea , Betula , Juniperus , Pinus mugo and alpine grassland up to 2,700m.Flowers visited include Androsace , Calamintha , Cerastium , Cirsium , Convolvulus , Crepis , Gypsophila , Helianthemum , Hornungia , Pinguicula , Potentilla erecta , Ranunculus , Rhododendron ferrugineum . Flies June to August dependent on altitude. The larva feeds on aphids. [9]
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