''Heringia heringi'' is a European species of hoverfly.

Description

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For terms see Morphology of Diptera The wing length is 4-25-6-25 mm. Lateral dust spots on frons conspicuous.3rd antennomere (basoflagellomere) elongate, 2-3 times as long as broad. Male coxa 2 and trochanter 3 without spurs. Abdomen tergites black. Abdomen elongated. Claussen et al (1994) figure the male terminalia. Larva: described and figured by Dusek and Laska (1959). See references for determination.

Biology

A woodland species (''Fagus'', ''Quercus''), including alluvial hardwood forest, and broad-leaved evergreen forest (''Quercus ilex'' and ''Quercus suber''), orchards and sometimes suburban gardens. Flowers visited include ''Alliaria'', ''Allium ursinum'', ''Anthriscus'', ''Caltha'', ''Hypericum'', ''Prunus spinosa''. The flight period is April to July. The larvae feed on the gall-forming aphid ''Schizoneura lanuginosa'' Gillette, 1908 on ''Ulmus''.Has also been reared from an aphid galls on ''Populus'' and ''Salix''.

Distribution

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 ...

South Norway to South Spain and the Mediterranean basin. Ireland East through Europe and European Russia to Turkey, Greece. Mongolia.Peck, L.V. (1988) Syrphidae. In: Soos, A. & Papp, L. (eds.) ''Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera'', 8: 11-230. Akad.Kiado, Budapest.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Heringia Heringi Diptera of Europe Pipizinae Insects described in 1843 category:Taxa named by Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt