Cheilosia praecox

Cheilosia praecox
	Cheilosia urbana= praecox
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Syrphidae
Genus:	Cheilosia
Species:	C. praecox
Binomial name
	Cheilosia praecox; (Zetterstedt, 1843)

Cheilosia praecox is a Palearctic hoverfly. Speight et al. (1998) indicate that the correct name for this species is C.urbana (Meigen) [1]

Description

Very similar to Cheilosia psilophthalma and related species. For differences see references [2][3] [4][5][6][7][8]

Distribution and biology

From Fennoscandia south to the Iberian peninsula and the Mediterranean basin and from Britain eastwards through central and southern Europe to the Balkans and Turkey, and in North Africa. .[9][10] The habitat is open places in both coniferous and deciduous forest and scrub; grassland, including montane/subalpine grassland. Flowers visited include white umbellifers, Acer pseudoplatanus, Anemone nemorosa, Buxus, Caltha, Euphorbia, Potentilla, Prunus spinosa, Salix, Taraxacum. Flies in April to June later at higher altitudes and more northerly latitudes. The larva feeds on Hieracium pilosella and Hieracium caespitosum.

References

Claussen C. and Speight M.C.D. 1999. On the identity of Cheilosia ruralis (Meigen, 1822) (Diptera, Syrphidae) – with a review of its synonyms. Volucella 4:93-102 online Zobodat
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.
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.
Bei-Bienko, G.Y. & Steyskal, G.C. (1988a) 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.
Van Veen, M. (2004) Hoverflies of Northwest Europe: identification keys to the Syrphidae. 256pp. KNNV Publishing, Utrecht.addendum
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.
Fauna Europaea
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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[1] Claussen C. and Speight M.C.D. 1999. On the identity of Cheilosia ruralis (Meigen, 1822) (Diptera, Syrphidae) – with a review of its synonyms. Volucella 4:93-102 online Zobodat

[2] 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.

[3] 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.

[4] Bei-Bienko, G.Y. & Steyskal, G.C. (1988a) 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] Van Veen, M. (2004) Hoverflies of Northwest Europe: identification keys to the Syrphidae. 256pp. KNNV Publishing, Utrecht.addendum

[6] Coe, R.L. (1953) Diptera: Syrphidae. Handbks. ident. Br. insects, 10(1): 1-98. R.ent.Soc.London. pdf

[7] Fauna Europaea

[8] Peck, L.V. (1988) Syrphidae. In: Soos, A. & Papp, L. (eds.) Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera, 8: 11-230. Akad.Kiado, Budapest.

[9] Fauna Europaea

[Speight-10] Speight, M.C.D. (2011). "Species accounts of European Syrphidae (Diptera)" (PDF). Syrph the Net, the database of European Syrphidae. 65: 285pp.