Biology:Parasyrphus malinellus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Genus: | Parasyrphus |
| Species: | P. malinellus
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| Binomial name | |
| Parasyrphus malinellus (Collin, 1952)
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Parasyrphus malinellus is a species of hoverfly, from the family Syrphidae, in the order Diptera.[1][2]
Description
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For terms see Morphology of Diptera
Wing length 7·75-8·75 mm. Triangular dark spots on sternites 3 and 4. Males have a yellow face with a black stripe and the mouth edge is black. The male genitalia are figured by Hippa (1968).[3] See references for determination.[4]
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Distribution
Palearctic Fennoscandia South to the Ardennes and the Alps. Ireland East through North Europe and Central Europe into European Russia then to Siberia to the Russian Far East.[8][9]
Biology
Habitat: Abies, Picea, Pinus forest.[10] Flowers visited include white umbellifers, Anemone nemorosa, Barbarea, Cardamine flexuosa, Crataegus, Meum, Prunus cerasus, Prunus spinosa, Petasites albus, Ranunculus, Rubus fruticosus, Salix, Sorbus aucuparia, Stellaria, Taraxacum, Vaccinium myrtillus. [11] The flight period is April to July. The larva is aphid feeding.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Chandler, Peter J. (1998). Checklists of Insects of the British Isles (New Series) Part 1: Diptera. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. 12. London: Royal Entomological Society of London. pp. 1–234. ISBN 0-901546-82-8.
- ↑ Stubbs, Alan E.; Falk, Steven J. (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide. British Entomological & Natural History Society. pp. 253, xvpp.
- ↑ Hippa, H. (1968) A generic revision of the genus Syrphus and allied genera (Diptera: Syrphidae) in the Palearctic region, with descriptions of the male genitalia. Acta Ent.Fenn., 25: 1-94.
- ↑ Van Veen, M. (2004) Hoverflies of Northwest Europe: identification keys to the Syrphidae. 256pp. KNNV Publishing, Utrecht.addendum
- ↑ Van der Goot,V.S. (1981) De zweefvliegen van Noordwest - Europa en Europees Rusland, in het bijzonder van de Benelux. KNNV, Uitgave no.32: 275pp. Amsterdam.
- ↑ Bei-Bienko, G.Y. & Steyskal, G.C. (1988) Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR, Volume V: Diptera and Siphonaptera, Part I. Amerind Publishing Co., New Delhi. ISBN:81-205-0080-6.
- ↑ Coe, R.L. (1953) Diptera: Syrphidae. Handbks.ident.Br.insects, 10(1): 1-98. R.ent.Soc.London. pdf
- ↑ Fauna Europaea
- ↑ Peck, L.V. (1988) Syrphidae. In: Soos, A. & Papp, L. (eds.) Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera, 8: 11-230. Akad.Kiado, Budapest.
- ↑ Speight, M.C.D. (2011). "Species accounts of European Syrphidae (Diptera)". Syrph the Net, the Database of European Syrphidae 65: 285pp. http://www.diptera.info/downloads/StN_Species_Accounts_Glasgow_2011.pdf.
- ↑ de Buck, N. (1990) Bloembezoek en bestuivingsecologie van Zweefvliegen (Diptera, Syrphidae) in het bijzonder voor België. Doc.Trav. IRSNB, no.60, 1-167.
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