| Platycheirus podagratus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Subfamily: | Syrphinae |
| Tribe: | Bacchini |
| Genus: | Platycheirus |
| Subgenus: | Platycheirus |
| Species: | P. podagratus |
| Binomial name | |
| Platycheirus podagratus (Zetterstedt, 1838) | |
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] [10]
Habitat: Fen, margins of lakes, rivers and brooks in unimproved grassland, taiga and moor; unimproved montane and alpine grassland. [11] It flies end of May to mid-August.[ citation needed ]
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