''Eupeodes lundbecki '' is a Palearctic

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Description

It resembles other ''Eupeodes''. Determination is problematic. Key references are Haarto, A. & Kerppola, S. (2007) and Bartsch, H., Binkiewicz, E., Rådén, A. & Nasibov, E. (2009). and Torp (1994).

Distribution and biology

Iceland, Finland and Denmark south to the Netherlands, from France eastwards through Germany, Poland and Russia into Siberia and Mongolia and through the Russian Far East to the Pacific. Large-scale movements of this species occurs out of Scandinavia in late summer. It is found in the

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'' forest from May to October. The larvae probably feed on conifer aphids.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Eupeodes lundbecki Diptera of Europe Syrphini Insects described in 1946