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Platycheirus podagratus (Zetterstedt, 1838) | |
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Platycheirus podagratus is a species of hoverfly. It is found in the Holarctic. [1] [2]
Tibiae 1 is strongly and rapidly broadened on apical third (slightly narrower apically than preapically). Leg 3 is black with yellow knee. Abdomen is slender.[ citation needed ]
See references for determination. [3] [4] [5] [6]
Palearctic: Fennoscandia south to the Pyrenees, Ireland eastward through Northern Europe and mountainous parts of Central Europe into Russia and on to Southeast Siberia. Nearctic: Alberta and Ontario. [7] [8] [9]
Habitat: Fen, margins of lakes, rivers and brooks in unimproved grassland, taiga and moor; unimproved montane and alpine grassland. [10] It flies end of May to mid-August.[ citation needed ]
Chrysotoxum cautum is a species of hoverfly. It is found in southern Britain and Europe East into the Palearctic but is normally encountered in small numbers. The larvae are thought to feed on root aphids. Adults are usually found on the edges of woodland or scrub or along hedgerows where they visit a wide range of flowers.
Platycheirus clypeatus is a species of hoverfly. It is found across the Palearctic and in the Nearctic. The larvae feed on aphids. Adults are usually found on the edges of woodland or scrub, heath or along hedgerows where they visit a wide range of flowers.
Platycheirus scambus is a species of hoverfly. It is a Holarctic species.
Platycheirus peltatus is a Palearctic species of hoverfly.
Leucozona lucorum is a Palearctic and Nearctic species of hoverfly.
Platycheirus fulviventris is a Palearctic species of hoverfly. It is found in many parts of Britain and Europe.
Platycheirus granditarsus is a species of hoverfly. It is found in many parts of Britain and Europe. Typical habitat includes marshy meadows and ditches, where it can be found between May and October, though it is at its commonest between July and September. The most distinctive feature of this fly is the red-orange abdomen most easily seen as it takes off or alights.
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Cheilosia vicina is a hoverfly species found in the Palearctic.
Epistrophe grossulariae is a Holarctic species of hoverfly.
Cheilosia latifrons is a species of 'Flower Flies' or hoverflies belonging to the family Syrphidae subfamily Eristalinae.
Pipizella viduata is a species of Hoverfly, from the family Syrphidae, in the order Diptera.
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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 is a small species of hoverfly. It is found across Europe and the Palearctic and in North America.
Platycheirus perpallidus is a species of hoverfly. It is a Holarctic species.
Paragus haemorrhous, is a widespread species of hoverfly found in many parts of Europe, Africa and the Nearctic.
Eumerus funeralis or lesser bulb fly is a species of Hoverfly, from the family Syrphidae, in the order Diptera. E. funeralis appears in Peck (1988) as a synonym of E. strigatus (Fallen), but was reinstated as the correct name for tuberculatus Rondani, sensu auctorum by Speight et al. (1998).
Eumerus strigatus or lesser bulb fly is a species of Hoverfly, from the family Syrphidae, in the order Diptera.
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