Hammerschmidtia ferruginea

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Hammerschmidtia ferruginea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Family:
Syrphidae
Genus:
Hammerschmidtia
Species:
H. ferruginea
Binomial name
Hammerschmidtia ferruginea
(Fallén, 1817)
Synonyms
  • Eugeniamyia rufa
  • Rhingia ferruginea

Hammerschmidtia ferruginea is a Holarctic hoverfly.

Description[]

Hammerschmidtia ferruginea is a large (10–12 mm.) orange-brown hoverfly with a feathered arista. It resembles Brachyopa and Hammerschmidtia was in the past a subgenus of Brachyopa.In general appearance it is more like a dryomyzid or sciomyzid than a syrphid.[1][2][3] [4][5][6] The larva is illustrated in colour by Rotheray.[7]

Distribution[]

Scotland east through Northern and Central Europe then to Central Asia, Siberia and on to the Pacific. In North America Alaska south to Arizona. [8][9]

Habitat[]

Pinus or Betula, and Quercus forest with overmature Populus tremula. It is a bioindicator.

Biology[]

Adults may be found sitting on trunks of Betula and old Populus tremula, or on nearby logs and stumps . Flowers visited include white umbellifers, Crataegus, Ranunculus and Salix and choke cherry.[10] They fly from the end of May until the end of July. . [11]

References[]

  1. ^ Bradescu, V. (1991) Les Syrphides de Roumanie (Diptera, Syrphidae), Clés de détermination et répartition. Trav.Mus.Hist. nat. Grigore Antipa, 31: 7-83.
  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. ^ Rotheray G., 1993 Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae Diptera, Syrphidae in Britain and Europe Dipterists Forum pdf
  8. ^ Fauna Europaea
  9. ^ Peck, L.V. (1988) Syrphidae. In: Soos, A. & Papp, L. (eds.) Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera, 8: 11-230. Akad.Kiado, Budapest.
  10. ^ Curran, Howard (1922). "The Syrphid Genera Hammerschmidtia and Brachyopa In Canada". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 15: 239–255.
  11. ^ 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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