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Anasimyia contracta
Species of fly From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Anasimyia contracta is a European species of hoverfly.[2][3][4]
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Description
The wing length 5 to 7.5 mm. Tergite 2 is narrower than it is long and it has greyish 'hockey stick' shaped markings. A. transfuga has similar markings but with tergite 2 parallel sided and wider than long.
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Habits
A wetland species found near ponds with Typha, especially in fens. Flowers visited include white umbellifers, Menyanthes, Ranunculus, Myosotis, Potentilla palustris, Sorbus aucuparia and Potentilla palustris [5][6] The larva has been found among debris of dead Typha stalks beneath the water surface.
Distribution
West Palearctic Ireland eastwards through central Europe to European Russia.[7][8]
References
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