''Chrysogaster cemiteriorum'' is a
European species of
hoverfly which can be found feeding on
umbelliferous flowers wetlands and damp meadows.
Description
For terms see
Morphology of DipteraAnterior lower part of mesopleuron (above and posterior to coxa) and hypopleuron covered with grey coating. Face in male very broad and the surstyli obtuse. A large ''Chrysogaster'' with a body length body of 6.0 to 8.0.mm.
See references for determination.
Distribution
The
Palearctic
The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa.
The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Sibe ...
. Scandinavia South to the
Mediterranean basin
In biogeography, the Mediterranean Basin (; also known as the Mediterranean Region or sometimes Mediterranea) is the region of lands around the Mediterranean Sea that have mostly a Mediterranean climate, with mild to cool, rainy winters and w ...
; Ireland East through Europe (including the
Alps) into European Russia,
Siberia and the
Russian Far East.
[Peck, L.V. (1988) Syrphidae. In: Soos, A. & Papp, L. (eds.) ''Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera'', 8: 11-230. Akad.Kiado, Budapest.]
Habitat
Fen, valley bog and
taiga.
Biology
Flies over and among fen and damp meadow vegetation from June to September. Flowers visited include white umbellifers and ''
Sambucus ebulus.''
References
Diptera of Europe
Eristalinae
Flies described in 1758
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
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