''Platycheirus ramsaerensis'' 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. It is found along the parts of northern
Europe that face the
Atlantic.
It is a member of the ''
Platycheirus clypeatus
''Platycheirus clypeatus'' is a species of hoverfly. It is found across the Palearctic and in the Nearctic. The larvae feed on aphids. Adults are usually found on the edges of woodland or scrub, heath or along hedgerows where they visit a wide r ...
'' group
[Speight, M.C.D. & Goeldlin de Tiefenau, P. (1990) Keys to distinguish ''Platycheirus angustipes'', ''P.europaeus'', ''P.occultus'' and ''P.ramsarensis'' (Dipt., Syrphidae) from other ''clypeatus'' group species known in Europe. ''Dipterists Digest'', 5: 5-18.]
References
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Diptera of Europe
Syrphinae
Insects described in 1990
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