Heringia heringi
| Heringia heringi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Subfamily: | Pipizinae |
| Tribe: | Pipizini |
| Genus: | Heringia |
| Species: | H. heringi
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| Binomial name | |
| Heringia heringi (Zetterstedt, 1843)
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Heringia heringi is a European species of hoverfly.[1][2][3]
Description[edit]
External images For terms see Morphology of Diptera
The wing length is 4-25-6-25 mm. Lateral dust spots on frons conspicuous.3rd antennomere (basoflagellomere) elongate, 2-3 times as long as broad. Male coxa 2 and trochanter 3 without spurs. Abdomen tergites black. Abdomen elongated. Claussen et al (1994)[4] figure the male terminalia. Larva: described and figured by Dusek and Laska (1959).[5] See references for determination.[6][7] [8][9]
Biology[edit]
A woodland species (Fagus, Quercus), including alluvial hardwood forest, and broad-leaved evergreen forest (Quercus ilex and Quercus suber), orchards and sometimes suburban gardens.[10] Flowers visited include Alliaria, Allium ursinum, Anthriscus, Caltha, Hypericum, Prunus spinosa.[11] The flight period is April to July. The larvae feed on the gall-forming aphid Schizoneura lanuginosa Gillette, 1908 on Ulmus.Has also been reared from an aphid galls on Populus and Salix.
Distribution[edit]
Palearctic South Norway to South Spain and the Mediterranean basin. Ireland East through Europe and European Russia to Turkey, Greece. Mongolia.[12][13]
References[edit]
- ^ 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. p. 254. ISBN 90-5011-199-8.
- ^ Claussen, C., Goeldlin de Tiefenau, P. & Lucas, J.A.W. (1994) Zur Identität von Pipizella heringii (Zetterstedt) var.hispanica Strobl, 1909 - mit Typenrevision der paläaktischen Arten der Gattung Heringia Rondani, 1856, sensu stricto (Diptera: Syrphidae). Bull.Soc.ent.Suisse, 67: 309-326.
- ^ Dusek, J. & Laska, P. (1959) Beitrag zur Kenntnis einiger unbekannter aphidophager syrphiden-larven (Dipt., Syrphidae). Acta Soc.ent.Cechoslov., 57(3): 279-292.
- ^ 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 Archived 2018-10-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Speight, M.C.D. (2011). "Species accounts of European Syrphidae (Diptera)" (PDF). Syrph the Net, the database of European Syrphidae. 65: 285pp.
- ^ de Buck, N. (1990) Bloembezoek en bestuivingsecologie van Zweefvliegen (Diptera, Syrphidae) in het bijzonder voor België. Doc.Trav. IRSNB, no.60, 1-167.
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ Peck, L.V. (1988) Syrphidae. In: Soos, A. & Papp, L. (eds.) Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera, 8: 11-230. Akad.Kiado, Budapest.