| Platycheirus thylax | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Genus: | Platycheirus |
| Species: | P. thylax |
| Binomial name | |
| Platycheirus thylax Hull, 1944 | |
Platycheirus thylax is a species of syrphid fly in the family Syrphidae. [1] [2] [3]
The Syrphinae constitute one of the three subfamilies of the fly family Syrphidae. Most larvae of this subfamily feed on aphids. It is a monophyletic group with more than 1,600 species.
Platycheirus is a large genus of hoverflies. They are also called sedgesitters.
Melanostoma mellinum is a very common species of hoverfly found in many parts of Britain, Europe including the Mediterranean basin and North Africa, the East Palearctic, and North America.
Platycheirus occultus is a Palearctic species of hoverfly.
The Bacchini are a tribe of hoverflies.
Pyrophaena is a subgenus of the hoverfly genus Platycheirus distinctive enough to sometimes treated as a separate genus in its own right. Indeed a recent study of the phylogeny of the subfamily Syrphinae found it to be closer to other certain other genera – Rohdendorfia, Syrphocheilosia and Spazigaster. Since only a few species were sampled the true systematic structure must await a more thorough survey of Platycheirus and related genera.
Platycheirus europaeus is a Palearctic species of hoverfly. It is found in many parts of Europe and eastern Asiatic Russia The habitat is brook floodplains and wet flushes in montane grassland and beside streams or flushes in forest in the Carpinus and Quercus zone up into the Fagus and Picea/ Pinus zone. Flies among grasses from May to August. Flowers visited include Graminae and Cyperaceae, Ranunculus, Taraxacum.
Platycheirus melanopsis is a species of hoverfly. It is found from northern Europe across to eastern Siberia. The larva is described by Rotheray
Platycheirus ramsaerensis is a Palearctic species of hoverfly. It is found along the parts of northern Europe that face the Atlantic. It is a member of the Platycheirus clypeatus group
Platycheirus stegnus is a species of syrphid fly in the family Syrphidae.
Platycheirus confusus is a species of syrphid fly in the family Syrphidae.
Platycheirus trichopus is a species of syrphid fly in the family Syrphidae.
Platycheirus coerulescens is a species of syrphid fly in the family Syrphidae.
Platycheirus quadratus is a species of syrphid fly in the family Syrphidae.
Platycheirus kelloggi is a species of syrphid fly in the family Syrphidae.
Platycheirus hyperboreus is a species of syrphid fly in the family Syrphidae. It is found in Europe.
Platycheirus obscurus is a species of syrphid fly in the family Syrphidae.
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