Platycheirus sticticus
Species of fly
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Platycheirus sticticus is a species of hoverfly. It is found in many parts of Europe across to Siberia.[1][2]
| Platycheirus sticticus | |
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| Platycheirus sticticus in Meigen Europäischen Zweiflügeligen (figure 5) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Subfamily: | Syrphinae |
| Tribe: | Bacchini |
| Genus: | Platycheirus |
| Subgenus: | Platycheirus |
| Species: | P. sticticus |
| Binomial name | |
| Platycheirus sticticus (Meigen, 1822) | |
Description
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For terms see Morphology of Diptera
Tibiae 1 only slightly dilated at apex and with only scattered short, hair-like lateral bristles, yellow with a dark lateral marking at midlength.
See references for determination[3][4][5][6]
Distribution
Palearctic Southern Sweden and Denmark South to the Pyrenees and North Spain. Ireland East through Central Europe into Russia and on to eastern Siberia. [7][8]
Biology
Habitat Picea, Pinus plantation and Quercus woodland.[9] Flies May to August.
