Trichopsomyia Flavitarsis
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''Trichopsomyia flavitarsis'' is a European species of hoverfly.


Description

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For terms see Morphology of Diptera
Wing length 4–6 mm. Frons and face glittering black. Tergite 2 with a pair of yellow marks, without dust spots. Male tarsus 3 broad and flat, with snow-white pilosity. See references for determination.


Habits

A wetland and woodland species.


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 north Spain. Ireland eastwards through North Europe and mountainous regions of Central Europe into European Russia and onto the Pacific coast.Peck, L.V. (1988) Syrphidae. In: Soos, A. & Papp, L. (eds.) ''Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera'', 8: 11–230. Akad.Kiado, Budapest.


References

Diptera of Europe Pipizinae Insects described in 1822 category:Taxa named by Johann Wilhelm Meigen {{Syrphidae-stub