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Blera eoa

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Blera eoa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Subfamily: Eristalinae
Tribe: Milesiini
Genus: Blera
Species:
B. eoa
Binomial name
Blera eoa
Synonyms

Blera eoa is a species of hoverfly normally associated with pine trees in Northern Sweden and Siberia. It is very similar to Blera fallax, except that its abdomen is all black.[3][4]

The larvae, typical rat-tailed maggots, normally develop in damp rot holes of felled or felled pine trees.[3]

Distribution

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Russia, Sweden.

References

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  1. ^ a b Stackelberg, A.A. (1928). "Species palaearcticae generis Cynorrhina (Dipt., Syrphidae)" (PDF). Konowia. 7 (3): 252–258. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  2. ^ Violovitsh, N.A. (1976). "Some new palaearctic species of hoverflies (Diptera, Syrphidae) from the fauna of Siberia and adjoining regions". Nov. mal. vidy Faun. Sibir (in Russian). 10: 118–129.
  3. ^ a b 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.
  4. ^ Pettersson, Roger B.; Bartsch, Hans D. (2001). "Blera eoa (Stackelberg, 1928), en ny stubb-blomfluga för Europa (Diptera, Syrphidae)" (PDF Adobe Acrobat). Natur i Norr, Umeå (in Swedish). 20. Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och geovetenskap: 91–96.[permanent dead link]