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Heringia heringi is a European species of hoverfly.[1][2][3]
Description
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
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
Palearctic South Norway to South Spain and the Mediterranean basin. Ireland East through Europe and European Russia to Turkey, Greece. Mongolia.[12][13]
References
- ^ 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
- ^ 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.