Neoascia tenur | |
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Neoascia tenur Trawscoed, North Wales | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Syrphidae |
Subfamily: | Eristalinae |
Tribe: | Brachyopini |
Subtribe: | Spheginina |
Genus: | Neoascia |
Species: | N. tenur
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Binomial name | |
Neoascia tenur | |
Synonyms | |
Neoascia tenur is a Palearctic species of hoverfly.[6][7]
For terms, see Morphology of Diptera
Wing length 3-5 ·25 mm. Tibiae 1 yellow with the dark ring. Metatarsae 1 yellow with the 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) [8]
Larvae and puparia described and figured by Maibach and Goeldlin (1993) .[9]
See references for determination.[10]
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The male genitalia are illustrated by Barkemeyer and Claussen (1986) [14]
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. [7][15]
Habitat: Wetlands, flushes and streams in blanket bog, raised bogs, fen, wet grassland, pond and lake margins and along brooks.[16] Flowers visited include Caltha, Cicuta virosa, Filipendula ulmaria, Potentilla erecta, Ranunculus, Salix repens. [17] The flight period is April to September. The larva is sub-aquatic within stem sheaths of Typha and other water plants.