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Cheilosia barbata
Cheilosia barbata is a Palearctic hoverfly.
From the article Cheilosia barbata on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Resembles several other Cheilosia. Determination is problematic. Key references include Van der Goot, V.S. (1981) The male terminalia are illustrated Stubbs and Falk (1983).
Range & habitat
It is found from Fennoscandia south to central Spain and Britain east through most of Central Europe to parts of European Russia and through high altitude areas of southern Europe to Yugoslavia in deciduous woodland. Adults visit flowers of Caltha, Chaerophyllum, Crataegus, Euphorbia, Ranunculus, Sambucus, Taraxacum from May to August.
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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 486760.