Blera eoa

Blera eoa is a species of hoverfly normally associated with pine trees in Northern Sweden and Siberia. It is very similar to Blera fallax, except that its abdomen is all black.[1][2]

Blera eoa
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B. eoa
Binomial name
Blera eoa
(Stackelberg, 1928)

The larvae, typical rat-tailed maggots, normally develop in damp rot holes of felled or felled pine trees.[1]

References

  1. Van Veen, M.P. (2004). Hoverflies of Northwest Europe, Identification Keys to the Syrphidae (hardback). Utrecht: KNNV Publishing. p. 254. ISBN 90-5011-199-8.
  2. Pettersson, Roger B.; Bartsch, Hans D. (2001). "Blera eoa (Stackelberg, 1928), en ny stubb-blomfluga för Europa (Diptera, Syrphidae)" (PDF Adobe Acrobat). Natur i Norr, Umeå (in Swedish). Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och geovetenskap. 20: 91–96.
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