Parhelophilus consimilis

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Parhelophilus consimilis is a Palearctic hoverfly.[1][2]

Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Diptera
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Parhelophilus consimilis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Genus: Parhelophilus
Species:
P. consimilis
Binomial name
Parhelophilus consimilis
(Malm, 1863)
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Description

External images For terms see Morphology of Diptera
Wing length 7 ·5-8 ·5 mm Apical 1/4 of front tibiae black. Tergite 1 with 2 diagonal dust bands. Face in lateral view protruding beyond frons. Reemer (2000) figures the male genitalia.[3] See references for determination.[4][5][6][7]

Distribution

Palearctic Fennoscandia South to Belgium and North France. Ireland East through Britain, Denmark, Poland and North Europe and Russia to eastern Siberia.[8][9]

Biology

Habitat: Wetland. Fen, transition mire, bog, raised bog and cut-over bog.[10] Flowers visited include white umbellifers, Bidens cernua, Menyanthes, Potentilla palustris, Ranunculus.[11] Flies mid June to beginning August.[10]

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