Cheilosia variabilis

Cheilosia variabilis
Cheilosia variabilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Genus: Cheilosia
Species: C. variabilis
Binomial name
Cheilosia variabilis
(Panzer, 1798)
Synonyms
  • Cheilosia funebres (Harris, 1780)
  • Cheilosia nigrina (Meigen, 1822)
  • Musca funebres Harris, 1780
  • Syrphus nigrina Meigen, 1822
  • Syrphus variabilis Panzer, 1798

Cheilosia variabilis is a European species of hoverfly. Like most Cheilosia it is black, and because of this may often be overlooked as a hoverfly. It is little recorded, and is considured rare and scarce throughout most of its range.[1]

References

  1. ^ Stubbs, Alan E. and Falk, Steven J. (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide. British Entomological & Natural History Society. pp. 253, xvpp. 


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