Cheilosia bergenstammi
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| Cheilosia bergenstammi | |
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| Cheilosia bergenstammi (male) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Genus: | Cheilosia |
| Species: | C. bergenstammi |
| Binomial name | |
| Cheilosia bergenstammi Becker, 1894 | |
Cheilosia bergenstammi is a widespread European species of hoverfly. Adults can be found in summer visiting ragwort flowers and this plant is also the larval hostplant.[1]
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For terms see Morphology of Diptera
A moderately large (wing length 7·25-9 25 mm.), rather broadly-built brown species (abdomen elongate in males oval in females). Third segment of the antennae entirely reddish.
Hind tibia 3 pale with black ring. Part of the Cheilosia bergenstammi species group and difficult to determine.[2]
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[4][5] The larva is figured by Smith (1979) [6]
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