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Platycheirus sticticus in Meigen Europäischen Zweiflügeligen (figure 5) | |
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Platycheirus sticticus (Meigen, 1822) | |
Platycheirus sticticus is a species of hoverfly. It is found in many parts of Europe across to Siberia. [1] [2]
External images For terms see Morphology of Diptera
Tibiae 1 only slightly dilated at apex and with only scattered short, hair-like lateral bristles, yellow with a dark lateral marking at midlength.
See references for determination [3] [4] [5] [6]
Palearctic Southern Sweden and Denmark South to the Pyrenees and North Spain. Ireland East through Central Europe into Russia and on to eastern Siberia. [7] [8]
Habitat Picea, Pinus plantation and Quercus woodland. [9] Flies May to August.
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