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Sericomyia silentis

Sericomyia silentis
Seriomia silentis1.jpg
male
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Genus: Sericomyia
Species: S. silentis
Binomial name
Sericomyia silentis
(Harris, 1776)
Synonyms

Sericomyia silentis, is a species of hoverfly. It is widespread throughout the Palearctic but normally encountered in small numbers in mountain regions and moorland and bog locations.

External images For terms see Morphology of Diptera
Wing length 9 ·5-14 mm. Pregenital segment yellow.Legs yellowish, base of femorae black. Tergites 2-4 dark yellow side-stripes widen towards tergite margins. See references for determination

Palearctic Fennoscandia South to the Pyrenees.Ireland East through North Europe and Central Europe (Alps) into Russia and the Caucasus and on to Siberia, the Russian Far East and Japan.

Habitat: wet moorland, valley bog, fen and Alnus Salix carr. Flies May to October.



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