| Pipiza luteitarsis | |
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| Pipiza luteitarsis female.jpg | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Subfamily: | Pipizinae |
| Tribe: | Pipizini |
| Genus: | Pipiza |
| Species: | P. luteitarsis |
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| Pipiza luteitarsis Zetterstedt, 1843 | |
Pipiza luteitarsis is a species of Hoverfly, from the family Syrphidae, in the order Diptera.
Description
External images For terms see Morphology of Diptera
Wing length 6·5–8 mm. Front tarsa yellow. See references for determination.
Distribution
Palearctic Fennoscandia South to Belgium and France. Ireland eastwards through Central Europe into European Russia.
Biology
Habitat: Fagus (Beech) and Quercus (Oak) woodland also in mature suburban gardens. Flowers visited include Euphorbia, Prunus, Ranunculus, Tussilago. Flies mid April to end May. Pipiza larvae are predators of gall-forming aphids.
References
- Chandler, Peter J. (1998). Checklists of Insects of the British Isles (New Series) Part 1: Diptera. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. Vol. 12. London: Royal Entomological Society of London. pp. 1–234. ISBN 0-901546-82-8.
- 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.
- 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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| Pipiza luteitarsis |
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