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Arctic Sedgesitter
Platycheirus groenlandicus
Platycheirus groenlandicus the Arctic Sedgesitter is an uncommon species in the hoverfly family. Range: Subarctic (Alaska, Western USA (Rocky mountains) northern and western Canada, arctic and alpine Greenland, in mountains and in northern parts of Fennoscandia, northern Russia (Siberia) It's small black hoverfly with silver abdominal spots and basal tarsomeres of the front legs are yellow and strongly flattened. Groenlandicus is similar to Platycheirus flabella which has a narrower front basitarsus.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1198175.