Cheilosia chrysocoma

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Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Diptera
Family:Syrphidae
Cheilosia chrysocoma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Genus: Cheilosia
Species:
C. chrysocoma
Binomial name
Cheilosia chrysocoma
(Meigen 1822)[1]

Cheilosia chrysocoma is a European species of hoverfly.[2]

External images For terms see Morphology of Diptera
The wing length is 8-10·25 mm. Wing cross veins darkened. Antennae with third segment brownish-red to yellowish-red and squarish above at the tip and the arista almost bare. Face with a small and rounded central knob situated lower than is usual in Cheilosia. Abdomen with conspicuously bright foxy-tawny pubescence. Mimics Osmia (Apidae). [3] [4] [5][6]

Distribution

Cheilosia chrysocoma is a Palearctic species.[7] North Europe and Central Europe East to Russian Far East and Siberia.[8]

Biology

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