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Platycheirus albimanus Group
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Platycheirus albimanus Group

Platycheirus albimanus

Platycheirus albimanus is a common widespread species of hoverfly. A holarctic species its range includes Greenland, Iceland, Britain, mainland Europe, Russia, across Siberia to the pacific coast, the Philippines, Alaska, western Canada and United States.

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25 branches of this group, most-observed first

Grey-spotted Sedgesitter

speciesPlatycheirus albimanus

Platycheirus scutatus

complexPlatycheirus scutatus

Platycheirus clypeatus Group

complexPlatycheirus clypeatus

Meadow Sedgesitter

speciesPlatycheirus quadratus

Japanese Sedgesitter

speciesPlatycheirus urakawensis

Pacific Sedgesitter

speciesPlatycheirus ciliatus

Platycheirus marokkanus

speciesPlatycheirus marokkanus

Yellow Sedgesitter

speciesPlatycheirus modestus

Platycheirus sticticus

speciesPlatycheirus sticticus

Platycheirus formosanus

speciesPlatycheirus formosanus

Terrace Sedgesitter

speciesPlatycheirus hispidipes

Twospear Sedgesitter

speciesPlatycheirus nodosus

Speartip Sedgesitter

speciesPlatycheirus pilatus

Yellowspine Sedgesitter

speciesPlatycheirus scamboides

Platycheirus albotibeticus

speciesPlatycheirus albotibeticus

Platycheirus latens

speciesPlatycheirus latens

Salt Marsh Sedgesitter

speciesPlatycheirus orarius

Black Sedgesitter

speciesPlatycheirus setipes

Blackhair Sedgesitter

speciesPlatycheirus tenebrosus

Platycheirus macroantennae

speciesPlatycheirus macroantennae

Platycheirus fuscitarsis

speciesPlatycheirus fuscitarsis

Thompson's Sedgesitter

speciesPlatycheirus thompsoni

Paddlearm Sedgesitter

speciesPlatycheirus normae

Black-legged Sedgesitter

speciesPlatycheirus nigrofemoratus

Silver Sedgesitter

speciesPlatycheirus varipes

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