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Species of fly

Neoascia tenur
Neoascia tenur Trawscoed, North Wales
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Subfamily: Eristalinae
Tribe: Brachyopini
Subtribe: Spheginina
Genus: Neoascia
Species: N. tenur
Binomial name
Neoascia tenur
(Harris 1780)
Synonyms
  • Musca tenur Harris, 1780
  • Ascia quadripunctata Meigen, 1822
  • Ascia dispar Meigen, 1822
  • Neoascia floralis ssp. lapponica Kanervo, 1934
  • Neoascia floralis ssp. splendida Kanervo, 1934
  • Scaeva quadriguttata Gravenhorst, 1807
  • Ascia bifasciata Zetterstedt, 1838

Neoascia tenur is a Palearctic species of hoverfly.

Description

For terms, see Morphology of Diptera
Wing length 3-5 ·25 mm. Tibiae 1 yellow with the dark ring. Metatarsae 1 yellow with the dark patch, other segments of tarsi 1 yellowish. Females: abdomen not as broad as N. meticulosa. The male genitalia are figured by Barkemeyer & Claussen (1986) Larvae and puparia described and figured by Maibach and Goeldlin (1993) . See references for determination.

The male genitalia are illustrated by Barkemeyer and Claussen (1986)

Distribution

Palearctic Fennoscandia South to Iberia and the Mediterranean basin. Ireland east through Europe into Turkey and to European parts of Russia and on to Siberia.

Biology

Habitat.Italy.

Habitat: Wetlands, flushes and streams in blanket bog, raised bogs, fen, wet grassland, pond and lake margins and along brooks. Flowers visited include Caltha, Cicuta virosa, Filipendula ulmaria, Potentilla erecta, Ranunculus, Salix repens. The flight period is April to September. The larva is sub-aquatic within stem sheaths of Typha and other water plants.

References

  1. ^ Harris, M. (1780). An exposition of English insects. Vol. Decads III, IV. London: Robson Co. pp. 73–99, 100–138, pls. 21–30, 31–40. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  2. ^ Meigen, Johann Wilhelm (1822). Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäische n zweiflugeligen Insekten. Hamm: Dritter Theil. Schulz-Wundermann. pp. x, 416, pls. 22–32. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  3. ^ Kanervo, E. (1934). "Einige neue Syrphiden aus Petsamo". Annales Botanici Societatis Zoologicae-Botanicae Fennicae "Vanamo". 14 (5): 115–135.
  4. Gravenhorst, J.L.C. (1807). Vergleichende Uebersicht des Linneischen und einiger neuern zoologischen Systeme. Goettingen: Dieterich. pp. xvi + 476 pp.
  5. Zetterstedt, J. W. (1838). Dipterologis Scandinaviae. Sect. 3: Diptera, pp. 477-868. In his Insecta Lapponica. Lipsiae . pp. vi + 1, 140.
  6. Stubbs, Alan E. & Falk, Steven J. (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide (2nd (revised) ed.). British Entomological & Natural History Society. p. 271, xvpp. ISBN 0-9502891-3-2.
  7. ^ Fauna Europaea
  8. Barkemeyer, W. & Claussen, C. (1986) Zur Identitat von Neoascia unifasciata (Strobl 1898): mit einem Schlussel fur die in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland nachgewiesenen Arten der Gattung Neoascia Williston 1886 (Diptera: Syrphidae). Bonn.zool.Beitr., 37: 229-239.
  9. Maibach, A. & Goeldlin de Tiefenau, P. (1993) Description et clé de détermination des stades immatures de plusieurs espèces du genre Neoascia Williston de la région paléarctique occidentale (Diptera, Syrphidae). Bull.Soc.ent.Suisse, 66: 337-257.
  10. Van Veen, M. (2004) Hoverflies of Northwest Europe: identification keys to the Syrphidae. 256pp. KNNV Publishing, Utrecht.addendum
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. Coe, R.L. (1953) Diptera: Syrphidae. Handbks.ident.Br.insects, 10(1): 1-98. R.ent.Soc.London.
  14. Barkemeyer, W. & Claussen, C. (1986) Zur Identitat von Neoascia unifasciata (Strobl 1898): mit einem Schlussel fur die in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland nachgewiesenen Arten der Gattung Neoascia Williston 1886 (Diptera: Syrphidae). Bonn.zool.Beitr., 37: 229-239.
  15. Peck, L.V. (1988) Syrphidae. In: Soos, A. & Papp, L. (eds.) Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera, 8: 11-230. Akad.Kiado, Budapest.
  16. Speight, M.C.D. (2011). "Species accounts of European Syrphidae (Diptera)" (PDF). Syrph the Net, the database of European Syrphidae. 65: 285pp.
  17. de Buck, N. (1990) Bloembezoek en bestuivingsecologie van Zweefvliegen (Diptera, Syrphidae) in het bijzonder voor België. Doc.Trav. IRSNB, no.60, 1-167.

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