''Parasyrphus punctulatus'' is a

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 ...

species of hoverfly.

Distribution

It is found from

Fennoscandia __NOTOC__ Fennoscandia (Finnish language, Finnish, Swedish language, Swedish and no, Fennoskandia, nocat=1; russian: Фенноскандия, Fennoskandiya) or the Fennoscandian Peninsula is the geographical peninsula in Europe, which includes ...

, south to the Pyrenees; from Ireland, east through Northern Europe and Central Europe, and south to Northern Italy; though European Russia and the Caucasus, on through Siberia and the Russian Far East to the Pacific coast and Japan, as well as the Himalayas and Nepal.

Biology

Habitat: ''Quercus'', ''Fraxinus'' woodland and ''Betula'', ''Salix'', ''Alnus'' woodland suburban gardens and orchards with mature trees. Flowers visited include white umbellifers, ''Acer pseudoplatanus'', ''Aliaria'', ''Anemone nemorosa'', ''Caltha'', ''Cardamine'', ''Crataegus'', ''Euphorbia'', ''Ilex'', ''Ligustrum'', ''Meum'', ''Oxalis'', ''Prunus cerasus'', ''Prunus laurocerasus'', ''Prunus spinosa'', ''Ranunculus'', ''Salix'', ''Sambucus racemosa'', ''Sorbus aucuparia'', ''Taraxacum'', ''Tussilago'', ''Ulex'', ''Viburnum opulus''. Flies mid April to mid June (later at higher altitudes).

Additional information

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For terms see Morphology of Diptera
See references for determination. Coe, R.L. (1953) Diptera: Syrphidae. ''Handbks.ident.Br.insects,'' 10(1): 1-98. R.ent.Soc.London
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References

Diptera of Europe Syrphinae Insects described in 1873 Taxa named by George Henry Verrall {{Syrphidae-stub