Sphaerophoria interrupta
Species of fly
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Sphaerophoria interrupta is a Palearctic species of hoverfly.[1]
| Sphaerophoria interrupta | |
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| male | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Genus: | Sphaerophoria |
| Species: | S. interrupta |
| Binomial name | |
| Sphaerophoria interrupta (Fabricius, 1805) | |
| Synonyms | |
Description
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For terms see Morphology of Diptera
Wing length 4·5-6·25 mm. Tergites 2–4 with pairs of spots, which may merge in the middle and hairs on lateral margin of tergites 3-5 pale. Genitalia figured by Verinden Verlinden, L. (1991) .[2] See references for determination.[3][4][5][6]
Distribution
Palearctic Fennoscandia South to Iberia and the Mediterranean basin. Ireland East through Europe and European Russia and the Caucasus then to Siberia and Lake Baikal. [7][8]
