Biology:Tropidia scita

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Short description: Species of fly

Tropidia scita
Tropidia scita2.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Subfamily: Eristalinae
Tribe: Milesiini
Genus: Tropidia
Species:
T. scita
Binomial name
Tropidia scita
(Harris, 1780)[1]
Synonyms
  • Musca scitus Harris, 1780[1]
  • Eristalis milesiformis Fallén, 1817[2]
  • Tropidia dorsalis Macquart, 1829[3]
  • Tropidia rufomaculata Curtis, 1832[4]
  • Milesiformis fallenii Rondani, 1845

Tropidia scita is a common Palearctic species of hoverfly associated with wetlands, ponds and ditches. The larvae have been recorded living in the basal sheaths of Typha.[5]

Description

External images For terms see Morphology of Diptera
Wing length 5.5–8.25 millimetres (0.217–0.325 in). Vein R4+5 is only slightly dipped into the underlying cell. Thorax dorsum shining black with some dusted parts. Tergites 2 and 3 yellow or orange with a black median stripe. Antennae dark, brown or black. Hind femora swollen and curved. See references for determination.[6][7][8][9]

Habitat.Ireland

Distribution

Palearctic Fennoscandia South to central France. Ireland East through Central Europe and then through Russia and the Caucasus. On to Siberia and the Russian Far East. Japan. Formosa.[10][11]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Harris, M. (1780). An exposition of English insects. Decads III, IV. London: Robson Co.. pp. 73-99, 100-138, pls. 21-30, 31-40. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/226006#page/5/mode/1up. Retrieved 16 July 2021. 
  2. ↑ Fallen, C.F. (1816). Syrphici Sveciae. Lundae [= Lund]: Berlingianis. pp. 1-14. 
  3. ↑ Macquart, P.J.M.. Insectes diptères du nord de la France. Syrphies.. 1829. Lille: "1827". pp. 223 pp., 4 pls. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/250269#page/9/mode/1up. Retrieved 16 July 2021. 
  4. ↑ Curtis, J. (1832). British entomology : being illustrations and descriptions of the genera of insects found in Great Britain and Ireland: containing coloured figures from nature of the most rare and beautiful species, and in many instances of the plants upon which they are found. 9. London: Privately published. pp. 398-401. 
  5. ↑ Stubbs, Alan E.; Falk, Steven J. (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide. British Entomological & Natural History Society. pp. 253, xvpp. 
  6. ↑ Van Veen, M. (2004) Hoverflies of Northwest Europe: identification keys to the Syrphidae. 256pp. KNNV Publishing, Utrecht.addendum
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ Coe, R.L. (1953) Diptera: Syrphidae. Handbks.ident.Br.insects, 10(1): 1-98. R.ent.Soc.London. pdf
  10. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  11. ↑ Peck, L.V. (1988) Syrphidae. In: Soos, A. & Papp, L. (eds.) Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera, 8: 11-230. Akad.Kiado, Budapest.

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