Neoascia tenur

Neoascia tenur is a Palearctic species of hoverfly.[1][2]

Neoascia tenur
Neoascia tenur Trawscoed, North Wales
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Family:
Syrphidae
Genus:
Neoascia
Species:
N. tenur
Binomial name
Neoascia tenur
(Harris 1780)
Synonyms
  • Neoascia dispar (Meigen, 1822)
  • Neoascia lapponica Kanervo, 1934
  • Neoascia splendida Kanervo, 1934

Description

External images For terms see Morphology of Diptera
Wing length 3-5 ·25 mm. Tibiae 1 yellow with dark ring. Metatarsae 1 yellow with dark patch, other segments of tarsi 1 yellowish. Females: abdomen not as broad as N. meticulosa. The male genitalia are figured by Barkemeyer & Claussen (1986) [3] Larvae and puparia described and figured by Maibach and Goeldlin (1993) .[4] See references for determination.[5] [6] [7][8]

The male genitalia are illustrated by Barkemeyer and Claussen (1986) [9]

Distribution

Palearctic Fennoscandia South to Iberia and the Mediterranean basin. Ireland east through Europe into Turkey and to European parts of Russia and on to Siberia. [10][11]

Biology
Habitat.Italy.

Habitat: Wetlands, flushes and streams in blanket bog, raised bogs, fen, wet grassland, pond and lake margins and along brooks.[12] Flowers visited include Caltha, Cicuta virosa, Filipendula ulmaria, Potentilla erecta, Ranunculus, Salix repens. [13] The flight period is April to September. The larva is sub-aquatic within stem sheaths of Typha and other water plants.

References
  1. 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.
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. Barkemeyer, W. & Claussen, C. (1986) Zur Identitat von Neoascia unifasciata (Strobl 1898): mit einem Schlussel fur die in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland nachgewiesenen Arten der Gattung Neoascia Williston 1886 (Diptera: Syrphidae). Bonn.zool.Beitr., 37: 229-239.
  4. Maibach, A. & Goeldlin de Tiefenau, P. (1993) Description et clé de détermination des stades immatures de plusieurs espèces du genre Neoascia Williston de la région paléarctique occidentale (Diptera, Syrphidae). Bull.Soc.ent.Suisse, 66: 337-257.
  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. Barkemeyer, W. & Claussen, C. (1986) Zur Identitat von Neoascia unifasciata (Strobl 1898): mit einem Schlussel fur die in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland nachgewiesenen Arten der Gattung Neoascia Williston 1886 (Diptera: Syrphidae). Bonn.zool.Beitr., 37: 229-239.
  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.
  12. Speight, M.C.D. (2011). "Species accounts of European Syrphidae (Diptera)" (PDF). Syrph the Net, the database of European Syrphidae. 65: 285pp.
  13. 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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