Cheilosia lasiopa explained

Cheilosia lasiopa is a Palearctic hoverfly.This species was previously misidentified as Cheilosia honesta (= honesta sensu auct. not or nec Rondani).

Description

A broad, brown 9–10 mm. Cheilosia with dark legs (sometimes pale knees) and short scutellar bristles: arista at most twice as long as antennomere 3.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]}

Distribution and biology

It is found from Fennoscandia south to the Vosges mountains and from Britain eastwards through the mountains of Central Europe into Yugoslavia and EuropeanRussia.^{[8] [9]} The habitat is deciduous and conifer forest. Flowers visited include white Umbelliferae Cochlearia, Crataegus, Euphorbia, Fragaria, Menyanthes, Ranunculus, Salix, Stellaria, Taraxacum and Vaccinium. It flies from May to June (April in the South). The larva feeds on Plantago lanceolata.

External links

• Images representing Cheilosia lasiopa

Notes and References

1. Van der Goot, V.S. (1981) De zweefvliegen van Noordwest - Europa en Europees Rusland, in het bijzonder van de Benelux. KNNV, Uitgave no.32: 275pp. Amsterdam.
2. Book: Stubbs, Alan E. . Falk, Steven J. . amp . 1983 . British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide . British Entomological & Natural History Society. 0-9502891-3-2. 2nd (revised). 271, xvpp .
3. Bei-Bienko, G.Y. & Steyskal, G.C. (1988a) Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR, Volume V: Diptera and Siphonaptera, Part I. Amerind Publishing Co., New Delhi. .
4. Van Veen, M. (2004) Hoverflies of Northwest Europe: identification keys to the Syrphidae. 256pp. KNNV Publishing, Utrecht.addendum
5. Coe, R.L. (1953) Diptera: Syrphidae. Handbks.ident.Br.insects, 10(1): 1-98. R.ent.Soc.London. pdf
6. [Fauna Europaea]
7. Peck, L.V. (1988) Syrphidae. In: Soos, A. & Papp, L. (eds.) Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera, 8: 11-230. Akad.Kiado, Budapest.
8. [Fauna Europaea]
9. Speight . M.C.D. . 2011 . Species accounts of European Syrphidae (Diptera). Syrph the Net, the database of European Syrphidae . 65 . 285pp .