Platycheirus melanopsis
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| Platycheirus melanopsis | |
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| Tarsus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Subfamily: | Syrphinae |
| Tribe: | Bacchini |
| Genus: | Platycheirus |
| Subgenus: | Platycheirus |
| Species: | P. melanopsis |
| Binomial name | |
| Platycheirus melanopsis Loew, 1856 | |
Platycheirus melanopsis is a species of hoverfly. It is found from northern Europe across to eastern Siberia.[1][2][3] The larva is described by Rotheray [4]
A rather small and short Platycheirus with a protruding lower face related to Platycheirus manicatus and Platycheirus tarsalis. See references for determination.[5][6][7][8]
