Pipiza bimaculata

Pipiza bimaculata is a species of hoverfly, from the family Syrphidae, in the order Diptera.[1]

Pipiza bimaculata
Pipiza bimaculata in Europäischen Zweiflügeligen (figure 14)
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P. bimaculata
Binomial name
Pipiza bimaculata
Meigen, 1822
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Description

External images For terms see Morphology of Diptera
Wing length 4·5-6 ·5 mm. Abdomen large yellow spots. Tarsae 1 all segments black. Face not broadened towards mouth edge with eye margins parallel. Wing diffusely infuscated or hyaline. 3rd segment of antenna longer than wide. See references for determination.[2][3][4][5]

Distribution

Palearctic Atlantic Europe. All Europe if older determinations are correct.[6][7]

Biology

Habitat:Quercus woodland. Flowers visited include Ranunculus. [8] Flies May to June .[9]

References

  1. Chandler, Peter J. (1998). Checklists of Insects of the British Isles (New Series) Part 1: Diptera. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. New Series. 12. London: Royal Entomological Society of London. pp. 1–234. ISBN 0-901546-82-8.
  2. Van Veen, M. (2004) Hoverflies of Northwest Europe: identification keys to the Syrphidae. 256pp. KNNV Publishing, Utrecht.addendum
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. Coe, R.L. (1953) Diptera: Syrphidae. Handbks.ident.Br.insects, 10(1): 1-98. R.ent.Soc.London. pdf
  6. Fauna Europaea
  7. Peck, L.V. (1988) Syrphidae. In: Soos, A. & Papp, L. (eds.) Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera, 8: 11-230. Akad.Kiado, Budapest.
  8. de Buck, N. (1990) Bloembezoek en bestuivingsecologie van Zweefvliegen (Diptera, Syrphidae) in het bijzonder voor België. Doc.Trav. IRSNB, no.60, 1-167.
  9. Speight, M.C.D. (2011). "Species accounts of European Syrphidae (Diptera)" (PDF). Syrph the Net, the database of European Syrphidae. 65: 285pp.
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