Chrysogaster virescens | |
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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. virescens
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Binomial name | |
Chrysogaster virescens | |
Synonyms | |
Chrysogaster virescens is a European species of hoverfly. [2]
External images For terms see Morphology of Diptera
Wing length 5·75-6·75 mm. Antennae partly red. Face twice as wide as maximum width of an eye. Wings at most tinged brown on anterior part. Pleurae not pruinose. Male face with central knob small. [3] [4] [5] [6] The male genitalia are figured by Maibach, A. & Goeldlin de Tiefenau (1994) . [7]
South Finland, Ireland, Britain and the Atlantic seaboard of Europe from Denmark to the Pyrenees and northern Spain. Also in Switzerland in Central Europe. [8] [9]
Habitat: Woodland and wetland; fen carr, areas with flushes and streams in deciduous forest. Alnus Salix carr and poorly-drained scrub, streamsides in woodland. Flowers visited include white umbellifers, Filipendula, Ilex, Iris, Ranunculus. The flight period is end of April to mid July. [10] [11]
Chrysogaster virescens | |
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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. virescens
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Binomial name | |
Chrysogaster virescens | |
Synonyms | |
Chrysogaster virescens is a European species of hoverfly. [2]
External images For terms see Morphology of Diptera
Wing length 5·75-6·75 mm. Antennae partly red. Face twice as wide as maximum width of an eye. Wings at most tinged brown on anterior part. Pleurae not pruinose. Male face with central knob small. [3] [4] [5] [6] The male genitalia are figured by Maibach, A. & Goeldlin de Tiefenau (1994) . [7]
South Finland, Ireland, Britain and the Atlantic seaboard of Europe from Denmark to the Pyrenees and northern Spain. Also in Switzerland in Central Europe. [8] [9]
Habitat: Woodland and wetland; fen carr, areas with flushes and streams in deciduous forest. Alnus Salix carr and poorly-drained scrub, streamsides in woodland. Flowers visited include white umbellifers, Filipendula, Ilex, Iris, Ranunculus. The flight period is end of April to mid July. [10] [11]