Neoascia obliqua explained

Neoascia obliqua is a Palearctic species of hoverfly.

Description

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The 3rd segment of the antenna is elongated-oval as in N. podagrica F.(length exceeding width by 2.0 to 2.5). Yellow spots along sides of tergite 4 are absent. Surstyli are irregularly trapezoidal.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

Distribution

Scandinavia South to the Pyrenees. Ireland East through Central Europe, European Russia, Yugoslavia and the Caucasus.^{[6] [7]}

Habitat

Wetlands and wet places with tall herb communities.

Biology

Flies among vegetation along the water's edge from the end of Aprilto th beginning of August. Flowers visited white umbellifers, Galium,Ranunculus, Taraxacum. ^[8]

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. Speight . M.C.D. . 2011 . Species accounts of European Syrphidae (Diptera). Syrph the Net, the database of European Syrphidae . 65 . 285pp .