Cheilosia scutellata

Cheilosia scutellata is a Palearctic hoverfly.

Cheilosia scutellata
Cheilosia scutellata female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Syrphidae
Genus:	Cheilosia
Species:	C. scutellata
Binomial name
Cheilosia scutellata (Fallen, 1817)

Description

For terms see Morphology of Diptera
Eyes and face glabrous. Fused antennal pits.3rd segment of antenna black or dark yellowish brown. Arista with distinct short hairs. Rather long wings and alar base transparent (not yellow). Median facial tubercle broad, developed across full width of face. Mesonotum with minute black punctation. Partially red legs.^[1] Identification via Van Veen, Van der Goot and, Stubbs and Falk, Coe ^[2][3][4] The larva is described and figured by Rotheray (1994).^[5][6][7]

Distribution

Fennoscandia South to Iberia and the Mediterranean basin to Greece, Turkey. North Africa. Ireland east to Russian Far East to the Pacific coast.^[8][9]

Habitat

Forest in the North and maquis in the South.

Biology

Found on low-growing vegetation also along tracks and at the edges of clearings. Flowers visited include Chaerophyllum, Cirsium, Cistus, Crataegus, Galium, Hedera, Hieracium, Ranunculus and Sorbus. Flies May to September North Europe and April to November) in South Europe. The larva feeds on basidiomycete fungi, especially Boletus and Suillus .^[10]