Chrysogaster cemiteriorum

Chrysogaster cemiteriorum is a European species of hoverfly^[12] which can be found feeding on umbelliferous flowers wetlands and damp meadows.

Phylum:Arthropoda

Clade:Pancrustacea

Class:Insecta

Order:Diptera

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Chrysogaster cemiteriorum

male

female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Syrphidae
Subfamily:	Eristalinae
Tribe:	Brachyopini
Subtribe:	Brachyopina
Genus:	Chrysogaster
Species:	C. cemiteriorum
Binomial name
*Chrysogaster cemiteriorum* (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Musca cemiteriorum Linnaeus, 1758 Musca coemiteriorum Müller, 1775^[1] Chrysogaster chalybeata Meigen, 1822^[2] Chrysogaster australis Macquart, 1855^[3] Chrysogaster chalybeata var. azurea Szilády, 1935^[4] Chrysogaster chalybeata var. coerulea Strobl, 1909^[5] Chrysogaster chalybeata var. nigricans Szilády, 1935^[4] Chrysogaster coenotaphii Meigen, 1830^[6] Chrysogaster cupraria Macquart, 1829^[7] Musca caemeteriorum Turton, 1801^[8] Musca lineolata Gmelin, 1790^[9] Musca speculifera Villers, 1789^[10] Syrphus coemitoriorum Fabricius, 1787^[11]

Description

For terms see Morphology of Diptera
Anterior lower part of mesopleuron (above and posterior to coxa) and hypopleuron covered with grey coating. Face in male very broad and the surstyli obtuse. A large Chrysogaster with a body length body of 6.0 to 8.0.mm.

See references for determination.^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]

Distribution

The Palearctic. Scandinavia South to the Mediterranean basin; Ireland East through Europe (including the Alps) into European Russia, Siberia and the Russian Far East.^[17]^[18]

Habitat

Fen, valley bog and taiga.

Biology

Flies over and among fen and damp meadow vegetation from June to September. Flowers visited include white umbellifers and Sambucus ebulus.^[19]

References

[1]
Muller, P.L.S. (1775). Des Ritters Carl von Linne ... Vollstandiges. Natursystem nach der zwolften lateinischen Ausgabe und nach Anleitung des hollandischen Houttuynischen Werks mit einer ausfuhrlichen Erklarung . [6 vols.], vol. 5 (2) Insecten. . Nurnberg: Gabriel Nicolaus Raspe.
[2]
Meigen, Johann Wilhelm (1822). Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäische n zweiflugeligen Insekten. Hamm: Dritter Theil. Schulz-Wundermann. pp. x, 416, pls. 22–32. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
[3]
Macquart, Pierre-Justin-Marie (1855). Diptères exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus. 5.e supplément. Paris: Roret. pp. 5–136. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
[4]
Szilády, Z. (1935). "Über palaearktische Syrphiden. I". Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici. 29: 213–216.
[5]
Strobl, P. Gabriel; Czerny, Leander (1909). "Spanische Dipteren. III". Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Österreich. 59 (6): 121–310. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
[6]
Meigen, J.W. (1830). Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäische n zweiflugeligen Insekten. Hamm: Sechster Theil. Schulz. pp. xi + 401 +[3] pp.
[7]
Macquart, P.J.M. Insectes diptères du nord de la France. Syrphies. Vol. 1829. Lille. pp. 223 pp., 4 pls. Retrieved 16 July 2021. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
[8]
Turton, W. (1801). A general system of nature ... 1800 Vol. III,. David Williams. pp. 784 pp.
[9]
Gmelin, J.F. (1790). Caroli a Linne, Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species; cum caracteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata [= Ed. 13.] Vol. 1: Regnum Animale. Vol. 1. Lipsiae [= Leipzig]: G.E. Beer. pp. Pt 5, Pp. 2225–3020. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
[10]
Villers, C.J. de (1789). Caroli Linnaei entomologia. Vol. 3. Lugduni [=Lyon].: Piestre & Delamolliere. pp. 657 pp., 4 pls.
[11]
Fabricius, J.C. (1787). Mantissa insectorum. Vol. 2. Hafniae [=Copenhagen]: C. G. Proft. pp. [2] + 382 pp.
[12]
Stubbs, Alan E.; Falk, Steven J. (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide (2nd (revised) ed.). British Entomological & Natural History Society. p. 271, xvpp. ISBN 0-9502891-3-2.
[13]
Bei-Bienko, G.Y. & Steyskal, G.C. (1988a) Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR, Volume V: Diptera and Siphonaptera, Part I. Amerind Publishing Co., New Delhi. ISBN 81-205-0080-6.
[14]
Veen, M.P. van (2004). Hoverflies of Northwest Europe, Identification Keys to the Syrphidae (Hardback). Utrecht: KNNV Publishing. p. 254. ISBN 90-5011-199-8.
[15]
Van der Goot, V.S. (1981) De zweefvliegen van Noordwest - Europa en Europees Rusland, in het bijzonder van de Benelux. KNNV, Uitgave no.32: 275pp. Amsterdam.
[16]
Coe, R.L. (1953) Diptera: Syrphidae. Handbks.ident.Br.insects, 10(1): 1-98. R.ent.Soc.London. pdf Archived 2018-10-04 at the Wayback Machine
[17]
Fauna Europaea
[18]
Peck, L.V. (1988) Syrphidae. In: Soos, A. & Papp, L. (eds.) Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera, 8: 11-230. Akad.Kiado, Budapest.
[19]
Speight, M.C.D. (2011). "Species accounts of European Syrphidae (Diptera)" (PDF). Syrph the Net, the Database of European Syrphidae. 65: 285pp.

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