Cheilosia barbata is a Palearctic hoverfly.
| Cheilosia barbata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Genus: | Cheilosia |
| Species: | C. barbata
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| Binomial name | |
| Cheilosia barbata Loew, 1857
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Description
editResembles several other Cheilosia. Determination is problematic. Key references include Van der Goot, V.S. (1981)[1] The male terminalia are illustrated Stubbs and Falk (1983).[2]
Distribution and biology
editIt is found from Fennoscandia south to central Spain and Britain east through most of Central Europe to parts of European Russia and through high altitude areas of southern Europe to Yugoslavia in deciduous woodland. Adults visit flowers of Caltha, Chaerophyllum, Crataegus, Euphorbia, Ranunculus, Sambucus, Taraxacum from May to August.[3][4]
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ Stubbs, A.E. & Falk, S.J. (1983) British hoverflies: an illustrated identification guide Br. Ent. Nat. Hist. Soc., London, 253pp.
- ^ . Fauna Europaea
- ^ Speight, M.C.D. (2011). "Species accounts of European Syrphidae (Diptera)" (PDF). Syrph the Net, the database of European Syrphidae. 65: 285pp.