Cheilosia variabilis (Panzer 1798)

Cheilosia variabilis, common name figwort cheilosia, is a species of hoverfly belonging to the family Syrphidae.^[1]

Distribution

This species is native to the Palearctic realm, present in most of Europe eastwards to western Siberia, in the Near East, and in North Africa.^[2][3]

Habitat

These hoverflies inhabit deciduous forest, from the Fagus, Picea zone to alluvial hardwood forest, tracksides and edges of clearings.^[4]

Description

Habitat.Ireland.

For terms see Morphology of Diptera
Cheilosia variabilis can reach a body length of 10–25 millimetres (0.39–0.98 in) and a wing length of 9–12 mm. Like most Cheilosia this large species is blackish, and because of this colour it may often be overlooked as a hoverfly. Face has outstanding hairs on the sides and a conspicuous central knob. Antennae are black or dark brown and hairs of arista are longer than diameter of basal part. Thorax is black-haired. Abdomen is rather elongate and tergites are pale yellow-haired. Wings are greyish and disproportionately long. Legs are entirely black. In males halteres are pale brown.^{[5] [6] [7][8]} The larva is figured by Dusek (1962).^[9]

This species is rather similar to Cheilosia lasiopa, Cheilosia vulpina and Cheilosia griseiventris.

Biology

Adult hoverflies can be found from April to September in two generations per year, as this species is bivoltine. They visit flowers of white umbellifers, Aegopodium podagraria, Alliaria petiolata, Anthriscus sylvestris, Apiaceae, Aurinia saxatilis, Conium maculatum, Crataegus laevigata, Euphorbia cyparissias, Meum athamanticum, Potentilla reptans, Ranunculus repens, Salix spec., Sambucus nigra, Caltha, Cirsium, Galium, Scrophularia, Sorbus aucuparia.^[10]

The larvae are miners in the rhizomes of the common figwort (Scrophularia nodosa) (hence the common name) and in the stalks of the water figwort (Scrophularia auriculata).^[11][12]

References

Cheilosia variabilis es una especie de sírfido. Se distribuyen por el paleártico en Eurasia y África del Norte.

Referencias

• de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.): Fauna Europaea version 2.6.2 Cheilosia variabilis. Acceso: 15 de enero de 2017.
• Speight, M.C.D. (2014) Species accounts of European Syrphidae (Diptera), 2014. Syrph the Net, the database of European Syrphidae, vol. 78, 321 pp., Syrph the Net publications, Dublin.
• Ricarte, Antonio & M. Á. Marcos-García. 2017. A checklist of the Syrphidae (Diptera) of Spain, Andorra and Gibraltar. Zootaxa 4216(5): 401–440.

Het bosgitje (Cheilosia variabilis) is een vliegensoort uit de familie van de zweefvliegen (Syrphidae).^[1] De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1798 door Panzer.

Cheilosia variabilis là một loài ruồi trong họ Ruồi giả ong (Syrphidae). Loài này được Panzer mô tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1798. Cheilosia variabilis phân bố ở vùng Cổ Bắc giới^[1][2]

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