Leucozona glaucia

Leucozona glaucia is a Palearctic hoverfly. Larvae feed on ground layer aphids. Adults are usually seen visiting flowers.[1][2][3]

Leucozona glaucia
male
female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Family:
Syrphidae
Genus:
Leucozona
Subgenus:
Ischyrosyrphus
Species:
L. glaucia
Binomial name
Leucozona glaucia
Synonyms

Musca glaucia Linnaeus, 1758

Description

External images For terms see Morphology of Diptera
Wing length 8-11·25 mm. Scutellum yellow. Tergite 2 has large silverish-white to yellowish- white marks (often merged). Tergites 3 and 4 have narrow or absent markings. The male genitalia are figured by Dusek and Laska (1967) .[4] The larva is figured by (Dusek and Laska (1962) [5] See references for determination [6] [7] [8][9]

Distribution

Palearctic from Fennoscandia South to the Pyrenees.Ireland East through Central Europe into Turkey and European Russia, Russian Far East and Siberia and the Pacific coast (Kuril Islands and Japan). [10][11]

Anthriscus habitat. Ireland

Biology

Habitat: Quercus and Fagus forest, riverine gallery forest of Fraxinus and Salix, beside streams, in clearings, along tracks.[12] Flowers visited include white umbellifers, Filipendula, Sambucus, Senecio.[13] The flight period is May to September, with the peak in July and August. The larvae feed on aphids.

References
  1. 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.
  2. Morris, Roger, K. A. (1999). Hoverflies of Surrey. Surrey Wildlife Trust. p. 244. ISBN 0-9526065-3-4.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. Stubbs, Alan E.; Falk, Steven J. (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide. British Entomological & Natural History Society. p. 253, xvpp.
  4. Dusek, J. & Laska, P. (1967) Versuch zum aufbau eines Naturlichen Systems mitteleuropaischer Arten der Unterfamilie Syrphinae (Diptera). Acta sc. nat. Brno, 1: 349-390.
  5. Dusek, J. & Laska, P. (1962) Beitrag zur Kenntnis einiger Syrphiden-larven (Diptera, Syrphidae). Acta Soc. Ent. Cechosloveniae, 59: 348-356.
  6. Van Veen, M. (2004) Hoverflies of Northwest Europe: identification keys to the Syrphidae. 256pp. KNNV Publishing, Utrecht.addendum
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. Coe, R.L. (1953) Diptera: Syrphidae. Handbks.ident.Br.insects, 10(1): 1-98. R.ent.Soc.London. pdf
  10. Fauna Europaea
  11. Peck, L.V. (1988) Syrphidae. In: Soos, A. & Papp, L. (eds.) Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera, 8: 11-230. Akad.Kiado, Budapest.
  12. Speight, M.C.D. (2011). "Species accounts of European Syrphidae (Diptera)" (PDF). Syrph the Net, the Database of European Syrphidae. 65: 285pp.
  13. de Buck, N. (1990) Bloembezoek en bestuivingsecologie van Zweefvliegen (Diptera, Syrphidae) in het bijzonder voor België. Doc.Trav. IRSNB, no.60, 1-167.


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