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Parasyrphus malinellus
Species of fly From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Parasyrphus malinellus is a species of hoverfly, from the family Syrphidae, in the order Diptera.[1][2]
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Description
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For terms see Morphology of Diptera
Wing length 7·75-8·75 mm. Triangular dark spots on sternites 3 and 4. Males have a yellow face with a black stripe and the mouth edge is black. The male genitalia are figured by Hippa (1968).[3] See references for determination.[4]
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Distribution
Palearctic Fennoscandia South to the Ardennes and the Alps. Ireland East through North Europe and Central Europe into European Russia then to Siberia to the Russian Far East.[8][9]
Biology
Habitat: Abies, Picea, Pinus forest.[10] Flowers visited include white umbellifers, Anemone nemorosa, Barbarea, Cardamine flexuosa, Crataegus, Meum, Prunus cerasus, Prunus spinosa, Petasites albus, Ranunculus, Rubus fruticosus, Salix, Sorbus aucuparia, Stellaria, Taraxacum, Vaccinium myrtillus. [11] The flight period is April to July. The larva is aphid feeding.
References
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