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Sedgesitters
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Sedgesitters

Platycheirus

Platycheirus is a large genus of hoverflies.

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11 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Platycheirus

subgenusPlatycheirus

Platycheirus stegnus group

subgenusCarposcalis

Platycheirus ambiguus group

subgenusPachysphyria

Tuberculanostoma

subgenusTuberculanostoma

Platycheirus bidentatus

speciesPlatycheirus bidentatus

Platycheirus freyeri

speciesPlatycheirus freyeri

Platycheirus geminatus

speciesPlatycheirus geminatus

Platycheirus concinnus

speciesPlatycheirus concinnus

Platycheirus isshikii

speciesPlatycheirus isshikii

Platycheirus muelleri

speciesPlatycheirus muelleri

Platycheirus macrocephalus

speciesPlatycheirus macrocephalus

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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 121357.