Platycheirus sticticus

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Platycheirus sticticus

Platycheirus sticticus in Meigen Europäischen Zweiflügeligen (figure 5)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Syrphidae
Subfamily:	Syrphinae
Tribe:	Bacchini
Genus:	Platycheirus
Subgenus:	Platycheirus
Species:	P. sticticus
Binomial name
*Platycheirus sticticus* (Meigen, 1822)

Platycheirus sticticus is a species of hoverfly. It is found in many parts of Europe across to Siberia.^[1]^[2]

Description

External images For terms see Morphology of Diptera
Tibiae 1 only slightly dilated at apex and with only scattered short, hair-like lateral bristles, yellow with a dark lateral marking at midlength.

See references for determination^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

Distribution

Palearctic Southern Sweden and Denmark South to the Pyrenees and North Spain. Ireland East through Central Europe into Russia and on to eastern Siberia. ^[7]^[8]

Biology

Habitat Picea, Pinus plantation and Quercus woodland.^[9] Flies May to August.

References

^ Stubbs, Alan E.; Falk, Steven J (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide (2nd ed.). London: British Entomological and Natural History Society. pp. 253, xvpp. ISBN 1-899935-03-7.
^ Ball, S.G.; Morris, R.K.A. (2000). Provisional atlas of British hoverflies (Diptera, Syrphidae). Monks Wood, UK: Biological Record Centre. pp. 167 pages. ISBN 1-870393-54-6.
^ Van Veen, M. (2004) Hoverflies of Northwest Europe: identification keys to the Syrphidae. 256pp. KNNV Publishing, Utrecht.addendum
^ Van der Goot,V.S. (1981) De zweefvliegen van Noordwest - Europa en Europees Rusland, in het bijzonder van de Benelux. KNNV, Uitgave no.32: 275pp. Amsterdam.
^ Bei-Bienko, G.Y. & Steyskal, G.C. (1988) Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR, Volume V: Diptera and Siphonaptera, Part I. Amerind Publishing Co., New Delhi. ISBN 81-205-0080-6.
^ Coe, R.L. (1953) Diptera: Syrphidae. Handbks.ident.Br.insects, 10(1): 1-98. R.ent.Soc.London. pdf
^ Fauna Europaea
^ Peck, L.V. (1988) Syrphidae. In: Soos, A. & Papp, L. (eds.) Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera, 8: 11-230. Akad.Kiado, Budapest.
^ Speight, M.C.D. (2011). "Species accounts of European Syrphidae (Diptera)" (PDF). Syrph the Net, the database of European Syrphidae. 65: 285pp.

Taxon identifiers
Platycheirus sticticus	Wikidata: Q2746522 BioLib: 123637 EoL: 749592 EUNIS: 76009 Fauna Europaea: 65942 Fauna Europaea (new): 30870179-d573-4ca5-8093-3b99812e8bdd GBIF: 1543080 iNaturalist: 486670 NBN: NBNSYS0000006884 NCBI: 1459912 Open Tree of Life: 4356784

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