Eupeodes nitens is a Palearctic species of hoverfly.

Eupeodes nitens
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Genus: Eupeodes
Species:
E. nitens
Binomial name
Eupeodes nitens
(Zetterstedt, 1843)

Description

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Resembles other Eupeodes. Determination is problematic. Key references are Van der Goot,V.S. (1981) [1][2] The adult insect is illustrated in colour by Stubbs and Falk (1983).[3]

Distribution and biology

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It is found from Fennoscandia south to the Pyrenees and from England eastwards through Central and Southern into Siberia and the Russian Far East on to the Pacific coast in Fagus forest and alpine grassland from May August.[4][5]

References

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  1. ^ 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 and Dusek, J. & Laska, P. (1976)
  2. ^ Dusek, J. & Laska, P. (1976) European species of Metasyrphus: key, descriptions and notes. Acta ent. bohemoslov, 73: 263 - 282
  3. ^ Stubbs, A.E. & Falk, S.J. (1983) British hoverflies: an illustrated identification guide Br.Ent.Nat.Hist.Soc., London, 253pp.
  4. ^ . Fauna Europaea
  5. ^ 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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