Biology:Pipizella viduata
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Short description: Species of fly
Pipizella viduata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Syrphidae |
Genus: | Pipizella |
Species: | P. viduata
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Binomial name | |
Pipizella viduata | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Pipizella viduata is a species of Hoverfly, from the family Syrphidae, in the order Diptera.[1]
Description
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For terms see Morphology of Diptera
Wing length 3 ·7 5-5 ·25 mm Genitalia figured by Van Veen (refs), small species, basitarsi dusky or dark brown.
See references for determination.[2][3][4][5]
Distribution
Palearctic Fennoscandia South to Iberia and the Mediterranean basin. Ireland East Europe into European Russia and the Caucasus then to Siberia.[6][7]
Biology
Woodland, scrub, dune grassland, heathland and unimproved pasture, grassy clearings in woodland Flowers visited include umbellifers, Euphorbia, Galium, Potentilla erecta.[8] Flies April to October[9]
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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ de Buck, N. (1990) Bloembezoek en bestuivingsecologie van Zweefvliegen (Diptera, Syrphidae) in het bijzonder voor België. Doc.Trav. IRSNB, no.60, 1-167.
- ↑ 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q2747002 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pipizella viduata.
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