Cheilosia scutellata
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| Cheilosia scutellata | |
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| Cheilosia scutellata female | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Genus: | Cheilosia |
| Species: | C. scutellata |
| Binomial name | |
| Cheilosia scutellata (Fallen, 1817) | |
Cheilosia scutellata is a Palearctic hoverfly.
For terms see Morphology of Diptera
Eyes and face glabrous. Fused antennal pits.3rd segment of antenna black or dark yellowish brown. Arista with distinct short hairs. Rather long wings and alar base transparent (not yellow). Median facial tubercle broad, developed across full width of face. Mesonotum with minute
black punctation. Partially red legs.[1] Identification via Van Veen, Van der Goot and, Stubbs and Falk, Coe
[2][3][4] The larva is described and figured by Rotheray (1994).[5][6][7]
Distribution
Fennoscandia South to Iberia and the Mediterranean basin to Greece, Turkey. North Africa. Ireland east to Russian Far East to the Pacific coast.[8][9]