Philhelius citrofasciatus | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Syrphidae |
Genus: | Philhelius |
Species: | P. citrofasciatus
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Binomial name | |
Philhelius citrofasciatus (
De Geer, 1776)
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Synonyms | |
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Philhelius citrofasciatus is a species of hoverfly found in grasslands from Ireland to western Siberia. The larvae live in Lasius ant colonies where they feed on the aphids tended by the ants. [1] [2] Prior to 2018, it was known under the genus name Xanthogramma, a junior synonym. [3]
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For terms see
Morphology of Diptera
Wing length 6·5–10·25 mm. Legs yellow coxae and trochanters black. Femora and tibiae 3 completely pale. Yellow marks on tergite 2 linear (not equilateral triangles). Tergites 2–4 with subequal yellow marks.
See references for
determination.
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Palearctic. South Norway to Iberia. Ireland East through Central Europe and South Europe into European Russia and Yugoslavia and the Caucasus, then to Siberia. [8] [9]
Philhelius citrofasciatus | |
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Male | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Syrphidae |
Genus: | Philhelius |
Species: | P. citrofasciatus
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Binomial name | |
Philhelius citrofasciatus (
De Geer, 1776)
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Synonyms | |
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Philhelius citrofasciatus is a species of hoverfly found in grasslands from Ireland to western Siberia. The larvae live in Lasius ant colonies where they feed on the aphids tended by the ants. [1] [2] Prior to 2018, it was known under the genus name Xanthogramma, a junior synonym. [3]
External images
For terms see
Morphology of Diptera
Wing length 6·5–10·25 mm. Legs yellow coxae and trochanters black. Femora and tibiae 3 completely pale. Yellow marks on tergite 2 linear (not equilateral triangles). Tergites 2–4 with subequal yellow marks.
See references for
determination.
[4]
[5]
[6]
[7]
Palearctic. South Norway to Iberia. Ireland East through Central Europe and South Europe into European Russia and Yugoslavia and the Caucasus, then to Siberia. [8] [9]