Heringia vitripennis

Heringia vitripennis is a Palearctic species of hoverfly.[1][2]

Heringia vitripennis
Heringia vitripennis in Meigen Europäischen Zweiflügeligen (figure 11)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Family:
Syrphidae
Subfamily:
Eristalinae
Tribe:
Pipizini
Genus:
Heringia
Species:
H. vitripennis
Binomial name
Heringia vitripennis
(Meigen, 1822)

Description

External images For terms see Morphology of Diptera
Lateral dust spots on frons conspicuous. 3rd antennomere (basoflagellomere) elongate, 2-3 times as long as broad. Male coxa 2 and trochanter 3 without spurs. Abdomen tergites black. Abdomen elongated. Metatarsae 1 with a shiny, pale pit; metatarsae 2 without keel. Thorax dorsum with long white hairs. Face mostly black-haired. The male genitalia are figured by Delucchi and Pschorn-Walcher (1955).[3] Delucchi et al (1957) figure the larva.[4] See references for determination [5] [6] [7][8]

Biology

A woodland species (conifer forest and plantation, deciduous forest (Quercus, Carpinus, Ulmus), suburban parks and gardens. Arboreal but visits flowers of white umbellifers, Euphorbia, Potentilla, Prunus serotina, Rosa, Rubus fruticosus and Salix.[9] The larvae are predacious on adelgid aphids. The flight period is May to September.

Distribution

Palearctic Southern Sweden to central France. Ireland eastwards through North Europe and Central Europe into Russia and on to the Russian Far East and Siberia to the Pacific coast.[10][11]

References
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Delucchi, V. & Pschorn-Walcher, H. (1955) Les especes du genre Cnemodon Egger (Diptera, Syrphidae) predatrices de Dreyfusia (Adelges) piceae Ratz., Hem. Adelgidae). 1. Revision systematique et repartition geographique des especes du genre Cnemodon Egger. Z.angew.Ent., 37: 492-506.
  4. Delucchi, V., Pschorn-Walcher, H. & Zwolfer, H. (1957) Morphologie und Biologie von Cnemodon dreyfusiae D. & P.W. nebst Beobachtungen uber C.latitarsis Egger. Z.angew.Ent., 41:246-259.
  5. Van Veen, M. (2004) Hoverflies of Northwest Europe: identification keys to the Syrphidae. 256pp. KNNV Publishing, Utrecht.addendum
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. Coe, R.L. (1953) Diptera: Syrphidae. Handbks.ident.Br.insects, 10(1): 1-98. R.ent.Soc.London. pdf
  9. de Buck, N. (1990) Bloembezoek en bestuivingsecologie van Zweefvliegen (Diptera, Syrphidae) in het bijzonder voor België. Doc.Trav. IRSNB, no.60, 1-167.
  10. Fauna Europaea
  11. Peck, L.V. (1988) Syrphidae. In: Soos, A. & Papp, L. (eds.) Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera, 8: 11-230. Akad.Kiado, Budapest.


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