Cheilosia barbata
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Cheilosia barbata Loew, 1857
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Cheilosia barbata is a Palearctic hoverfly.
Description
Resembles several other Cheilosia .Determination is problematic. Key references include Van der Goot,V.S. (1981) [1] The male terminalia are illustrated Stubbs and Falk (1983).[2]
Distribution and biology
It is found from Fennoscandia south to central Spain and Britain east through most of Central Europe to parts of European Russia and through high altitude areas of southern Europe to Yugoslavia in deciduous woodland. Adults visit flowers of Caltha, Chaerophyllum, Crataegus, Euphorbia, Ranunculus, Sambucus, Taraxacum from May to August.[3][4]
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Stubbs, A.E. & Falk, S.J. (1983) British hoverflies: an illustrated identification guide Br.Ent.Nat.Hist.Soc., London, 253pp.
- ^ . Fauna Europaea
- ^ Speight, M.C.D. (2011). "Species accounts of European Syrphidae (Diptera)" (PDF). Syrph the Net, the database of European Syrphidae. 65: 285pp.