Biology:Platycheirus europaeus

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Platycheirus europaeus
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Platycheirus
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P. europaeus
Binomial name
Platycheirus europaeus
Goeldlin, Maibach & Speight, 1990 [1]
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Platycheirus europaeus is a Palearctic species of hoverfly. It is found in many parts of Europe and eastern Asiatic Russia[2][3][4] 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.

References

  1. Goeldlin de Tiefenau, P. & Maibach, A. & Speight, M.C.D. (1990): Sur quelques especes de Platycheirus (Diptera, Syrphidae) nouvelles ou méconnues Dipterists Digest 5, 19-44
  2. Stubbs, Alan E.; Falk, Steven J (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide (2nd ed.). London: British Entomological and Natural History Society. pp. 253, xvpp. ISBN 1-899935-03-7. 
  3. Ball, S.G.; Morris, R.K.A. (2000). Provisional atlas of British hoverflies (Diptera, Syrphidae). Monks Wood, UK: Biological Record Centre. pp. 167 pages. ISBN 1-870393-54-6. 
  4. Van Veen, M.P. (2004). Hoverflies of Northwest Europe, Identification Keys to the Syrphidae (Hardback). Utrecht: KNNV Publishing. pp. 254. ISBN 90-5011-199-8. 

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Images representing Platycheirus europaeus

Wikidata ☰ Q2745826 entry