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red-belted hoverfly
Brachypalpoides lentus
Brachypalpoides lentus is a European species of hoverflies.
From the article Brachypalpoides lentus on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
External images Wing length 10–12 mm. The legs are black; tergites 2 and 3, and base of tergite 4 in female, red. Tip of abdomen black. Mimics sawflies.
The larva is not described but is included in keys in It is illustrated by Rotheray (1993)
Range & habitat
Scandinavia South to the Pyrenees and central Spain. Ireland East through central Europe into European parts of Russia; southern Europe East to Yugoslavia and Greece and into Asia Minor.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
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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 486873.