Trichopsomyia flavitarsis
Species of fly
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Trichopsomyia flavitarsis is a European species of hoverfly.[2][3][4]
| Trichopsomyia flavitarsis | |
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| Trichopsomyia flavitarsis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Genus: | Trichopsomyia |
| Species: | T. flavitarsis |
| Binomial name | |
| Trichopsomyia flavitarsis | |
Description
External images For terms see Morphology of Diptera
Wing length 4–6 mm. Frons and face glittering black. Tergite 2 with a pair of yellow marks, without dust spots. Male tarsus 3 broad and flat, with snow-white pilosity. See references for determination.[5][6][7][8]
Habits
A wetland and woodland species.[9]
Distribution
Palearctic Fennoscandia South to the Pyrenees and north Spain. Ireland eastwards through North Europe and mountainous regions of Central Europe into European Russia and onto the Pacific coast.[10][11]
