Cheilosia nebulosa

Cheilosia nebulosa is a Palearctic species of hoverfly.[1][2][3]

Cheilosia nebulosa
Cheilosia nebulosa male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Family:
Syrphidae
Subfamily:
Eristalinae
Tribe:
Rhingiini
Genus:
Cheilosia
Species:
C. nebulosa
Binomial name
Cheilosia nebulosa
Verrall, 1871

Description

External images For terms see Morphology of Diptera
Wing length 6-8·5 mm. Face with conspicuous central knob. Legs partly yellow or orange. Scutellum without margin bristles. Wing with central cross veins darkened and with dusky clouds on anterior part. Antennae with third segment rounded and pale with dark tip.[4] [5][6]

Distribution

Present in most of Europe and the western Palearctic realm east to the Urals.[7][8]

Habitat.Ireland.

Biology

Habitat Wetlands, woodlands, Alnus and Salix carr and poorly drained scrub (Prunus spinosa). Flowers visited include Crataegus, Prunus, Salix, Taraxacum and Tussilago. Flies from the end of April to beginning June (later at higher altitudes).[9][10]

References
  1. Stubbs, Alan E.; Falk, Steven J. (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide (2nd ed.). London: British Entomological and Natural History Society. pp. 253, xvpp. ISBN 1-899935-03-7.
  2. Ball, S.G.; Morris, R.K.A. (2000). Provisional atlas of British hoverflies (Diptera, Syrphidae). Monks Wood, UK: Biological Record Centre. pp. 167 pages. ISBN 1-870393-54-6.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. Bei-Bienko, G.Y. & Steyskal, G.C. (1988) 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.
  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. de Buck, N. (1990) Bloembezoek en bestuivingsecologie van Zweefvliegen (Diptera, Syrphidae) in het bijzonder voor België. Doc.Trav. IRSNB, no.60, 1-167.
  10. 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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