Cheilosia pagana

Cheilosia pagana
Cheilosia pagana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Genus: Cheilosia
Species: C. pagana
Binomial name
Cheilosia pagana
(Meigen, 1822)
Synonyms
  • Cheilosia floccosa (Verrall, 1901)
  • Cheilosia means Walker, 1851
  • Cheilosia pulchripes Loew, 1857
  • Chilosia floccosa Verrall, 1901
  • Syrphus paganus Meigen, 1822

Cheilosia pagana 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 considered scarce throughout some parts of its range.[1]. One identifying feature are a red to orange 3rd antennal segment.[2]

Biology

Larvae are known to inhabit semi-liquid, decaying tissue of the roots of plants. There is a rearing record from decaying roots of Cow Parsley.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Stubbs, Alan E. and Falk, Steven J. (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide. British Entomological & Natural History Society. pp. 253, xvpp. 
  2. ^ Van Veen, M.P. (2004) (Hardback). Hoverflies of Northwest Europe, Identification Keys to the Syrphidae. Utrecht: KNNV Publishing. pp. 254. ISBN 9050111998. 


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