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Psarus

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Psarus
Psarus in Meigen Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäischen zweiflügeligen Insekten 1822
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Genus: Psarus
Latreille, 1804
Species:
P. abdominalis
Binomial name
Psarus abdominalis
(Fabricius, 1794)
Synonyms[1]

Species synonymy

  • Musca coalescens Geoffroy, 1785
  • Psarus arcuatus Macquart, 1834
  • Syrphus abdominalis Fabricius, 1794

Psarus is a monotypic genus of hoverfly endemic to Europe. Its only species, Psarus abdominalis is 8.5-10 mm long. The body and head are glossy black. The frons has a distinct tubercle. The elongate antennae are porrect, with the arista on the apical half of the third segment. The abdominal tergites are extensively orange. Psarus abdominalis occurs from France in the west to European Russia in the east, and from the Baltic in the north to Greece in the south.[2][3] It is now locally extinct and threatened [4].The habitat of the species is forest landscape and mixed agricultural landscape (bocage).

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References

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  1. ^ "Psarus abdominalis". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
  2. ^ Speight, M.D.,1988 Syrphidae known from temperate Western Europe: potential additions to the fauna of Great Britain and Ireland and a provisional species list for N. France Martin C. D. Speight Dipterists Digest [1]
  3. ^ Fauna Europaea
  4. ^ Rote Liste Centrum