Cheilosia fraterna

Cheilosia fraterna
Cheilosia fraterna, Trawscoed, North Wales
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Family:
Syrphidae
Genus:
Cheilosia
Species:
C. fraterna
Binomial name
Cheilosia fraterna
(Meigen, 1830)
Synonyms
  • Cheilosia rufitibia Egger, 1860
  • Eristalis dimidiata Zetterstedt, 1849[1]

Cheilosia fraterna is a Palearctic hoverfly.

Description

A Cheilosia with dark eye hairs, glossed sternites and a low facial prominence[2] [3] [4][5][6][7] [8] The larva is described and figured by Rotheray (1994).[9]

Distribution and biology

It is found from Fenno-Scandia south to the Pyrenees (montane in southern parts of its range) and from Britain eastwards through Central Europe into European Russia and on into much of Siberia.[10]. [11]. The habitat is deciduous forest of Quercus and Fagus along streams and rivers. Flowers visited include Caltha, Ranunculus, Stellaria, Taraxacum.Flies from April to June (at higher altitudes July to September. The larva mines Cirsium palustre and species of Carduus.

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References
  1. Insecta pro
  2. Van der Goot,V.S. (1981) De zweefvliegen van Noordwest - Europa en Europees Rusland, in het bijzonder van de Benelux. KNNV, Uitgave no.32: 275pp. Amsterdam.
  3. Stubbs, Alan E. & Falk, Steven J. (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide (2nd (revised) ed.). British Entomological & Natural History Society. p. 271, xvpp. ISBN 0-9502891-3-2.
  4. Bei-Bienko, G.Y. & Steyskal, G.C. (1988a) Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR, Volume V: Diptera and Siphonaptera, Part I. Amerind Publishing Co., New Delhi. ISBN 81-205-0080-6.
  5. Van Veen, M. (2004) Hoverflies of Northwest Europe: identification keys to the Syrphidae. 256pp. KNNV Publishing, Utrecht.addendum
  6. Coe, R.L. (1953) Diptera: Syrphidae. Handbks.ident.Br.insects, 10(1): 1-98. R.ent.Soc.London. pdf
  7. Fauna Europaea
  8. Peck, L.V. (1988) Syrphidae. In: Soos, A. & Papp, L. (eds.) Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera, 8: 11-230. Akad.Kiado, Budapest.
  9. Rotheray G., 1993 Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae Diptera, Syrphidae in Britain and Europe Dipterists Forum pdf Archived 2019-04-03 at the Wayback Machine
  10. Fauna Europaea
  11. Speight, M.C.D. (2011). "Species accounts of European Syrphidae (Diptera)" (PDF). Syrph the Net, the database of European Syrphidae. 65: 285pp.

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