Chrysogaster solstitialis | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Syrphidae |
Subfamily: | Eristalinae |
Tribe: | Brachyopini |
Subtribe: | Brachyopina |
Genus: | Chrysogaster |
Species: | C. solstitialis
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Binomial name | |
Chrysogaster solstitialis | |
Synonyms | |
Chrysogaster solstitialis is a European species of hoverfly. [4]
External images For terms see Morphology of Diptera
Wing length 6-7·25 mm. Antennae reddish. In front view the distance between the eyes at most equal to the width of an eye. Wings blackish-tinged. Female thorax with purplish reflections. The male genitalia are figured by Maibach, A. & Goeldlin de Tiefenau (1994). [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] The larva is illustrated by Rotheray (1993). [10]
Palaearctic. Ranges from Fennoscandia South to Iberia and the Mediterranean basin, including North Africa. From Ireland Eastwards through of Europe into European parts of Russia, Ukraine and the Caucasus mountains. [11] [12]
Habitat:Wetland and deciduous forest, woodland streams and ponds including Salix carr. Flowers visited include white umbellifers, Cornus, Filipendula, Galium, Sambucus, Senecio jacobaea. The flight period is June to September ( May in southern Europe). The larvae live in pond mud containing debris of fallen twigs and branches. [13] [14]
Chrysogaster solstitialis | |
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male | |
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female | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Syrphidae |
Subfamily: | Eristalinae |
Tribe: | Brachyopini |
Subtribe: | Brachyopina |
Genus: | Chrysogaster |
Species: | C. solstitialis
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Binomial name | |
Chrysogaster solstitialis | |
Synonyms | |
Chrysogaster solstitialis is a European species of hoverfly. [4]
External images For terms see Morphology of Diptera
Wing length 6-7·25 mm. Antennae reddish. In front view the distance between the eyes at most equal to the width of an eye. Wings blackish-tinged. Female thorax with purplish reflections. The male genitalia are figured by Maibach, A. & Goeldlin de Tiefenau (1994). [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] The larva is illustrated by Rotheray (1993). [10]
Palaearctic. Ranges from Fennoscandia South to Iberia and the Mediterranean basin, including North Africa. From Ireland Eastwards through of Europe into European parts of Russia, Ukraine and the Caucasus mountains. [11] [12]
Habitat:Wetland and deciduous forest, woodland streams and ponds including Salix carr. Flowers visited include white umbellifers, Cornus, Filipendula, Galium, Sambucus, Senecio jacobaea. The flight period is June to September ( May in southern Europe). The larvae live in pond mud containing debris of fallen twigs and branches. [13] [14]