Biology:Platycheirus europaeus
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Short description: Species of fly
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Subgenus: | Platycheirus
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Species: | P. europaeus
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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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
External links
Images representing Platycheirus europaeus
Wikidata ☰ Q2745826 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platycheirus europaeus.
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