| Platycheirus perpallidus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Subfamily: | Syrphinae |
| Tribe: | Bacchini |
| Genus: | Platycheirus |
| Subgenus: | Platycheirus |
| Species: | P. perpallidus |
| Binomial name | |
| Platycheirus perpallidus Verrall, 1901 | |
Platycheirus perpallidus is a species of hoverfly. It is a Holarctic species. [1] [2]
External images For terms, see: Morphology of Diptera. Anteroventral black hairs are strongly bent towards the base of the femur 2; Tibia 1 uniformly widened from base to apex.
Palearctic: Norway and Finland south to northern France, Ireland east through Northern Europe and central Europe into European Russia and on through Siberia and the Russian Far East to the Pacific coast;Nearctic: from Alaska to New Brunswick and south to Utah. [8] [9] [10]
Habitat: Sedge and reed beds in fen and mire and along rivers or the edge of lakes. [11] Flies April to September.
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Platycheirus scambus is a species of hoverfly. It is a Holarctic species.
Platycheirus peltatus is a Palearctic species of hoverfly.
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Platycheirus ambiguus is a small widespread species of hoverfly found across the Palearctic from Ireland to Japan. A spring species found in flight in April and May, it visits spring-flowering trees and shrubs, e.g., Prunus spinosa in deciduous woodland and scrub.
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Platycheirus angustatus is a species of hoverfly. It is found in many parts of the Palearctic, and in the Nearctic.
Platycheirus discimanus, the Yellowfoot Sedgesitter is a small species of hoverfly. It is found across Europe and the Palearctic and in North America.
Platycheirus immarginatus, the Comb-legged Sedgesitter, is a common species of hoverfly. It is found in parts of northern Europe and northern North America.
Platycheirus melanopsis is a species of hoverfly. It is found from northern Europe across to eastern Siberia. The larva is described by Rotheray
Platycheirus podagratus is a species of hoverfly. It is found in the Holarctic.
Platycheirus sticticus is a species of hoverfly. It is found in many parts of Europe across to Siberia.
Melangyna compositarum is a Holarctic species of hoverfly.
Meligramma guttatum is a Holarctic species of hoverfly.