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''Sphegina elegans'' is a species of hoverfly.
DescriptionExternal images
For terms see Morphology of Diptera
Wing length 5-6ยท75 mm. Humerus pale, yellow or orange. 3rd antennomere large. Mesonotum shining black, pollinose only on margins. Tarsi 1 and 2 pale. Wing hyaline. See references for determination.
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 ...
Fennoscandia South to the Pyrenees and Spain. Ireland East through Central Europe and Southern Europe (northern Italy, the former Yugoslavia, northern Greece) into European Russia to the Caucasus mountains. Also Samos (Greece).
Peck, L.V. (1988) Syrphidae. In: Soos, A. & Papp, L. (eds.) ''Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera'', 8: 11-230. Akad.Kiado, Budapest.
Biology
Habitat: ''Fagus'' and ''Quercus'' and other woodland, flying in partial shade and near streams.References
Diptera of Europe Brachyopini Insects described in 1843 Taxa named by Theodor Emil Schummel {{Brachyopini-stub