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Species: | P. manicatus
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Platycheirus manicatus (
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Platycheirus manicatus is a species of hoverfly. It is found across the Palearctic and in Alaska. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
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For terms, see:
Morphology of Diptera.
Mouth edge is projecting beyond facial knob, and abdomen has four pairs of large yellow marks. Thorax dorsum is dull; tibiae and tarsi of leg 1 are diagnostic.
Palearctic: Fennoscandia south to Iberia, the Mediterranean basin, Ireland eastwards through Europe into Turkey and Russia then Siberia and the Altai. Nearctic: Alaska and Greenland. [6] [7] [8]
Habitat: fen, humid, grassland (to above 2,000 metres or 6,600 feet in the Alps), moorland and taiga. It flies May to September. [3]
Platycheirus manicatus | |
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male | |
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Species: | P. manicatus
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Platycheirus manicatus (
Meigen, 1822)
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Synonyms | |
Platycheirus manicatus is a species of hoverfly. It is found across the Palearctic and in Alaska. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
External images
For terms, see:
Morphology of Diptera.
Mouth edge is projecting beyond facial knob, and abdomen has four pairs of large yellow marks. Thorax dorsum is dull; tibiae and tarsi of leg 1 are diagnostic.
Palearctic: Fennoscandia south to Iberia, the Mediterranean basin, Ireland eastwards through Europe into Turkey and Russia then Siberia and the Altai. Nearctic: Alaska and Greenland. [6] [7] [8]
Habitat: fen, humid, grassland (to above 2,000 metres or 6,600 feet in the Alps), moorland and taiga. It flies May to September. [3]