Pelecocera Explained

Pelecocera is a Holarctic genus of Hoverflies, from the family Syrphidae, in the order Diptera.^{[1] [2]} Antennae with segment 3 a half moon shape (flat above, only rounded below) or triangular, in the female the arista very thick, spike-like, inserted at the anterior extremity of segment 3.They are small black and yellow or orange flies found mainly on heaths.

Species

• Pelecocera apichaetus (Curran, 1923)
• Pelecocera escorialensis Strobl, 1909^[3]
• Pelecocera latifrons Loew, 1856
• Pelecocera lugubris Perris, 1839
• Pelecocera pergandei (Williston, 1884)
• Pelecocera scaevoides (Fallén, 1817) now Chamaesyrphus
• Pelecocera tricincta Meigen, 1822
• Pelecocera willistoni Snow, 1895

External links

• Images representing Pelecocera

Notes and References

1. Book: Van Veen, M.P. . Hoverflies of Northwest Europe, Identification Keys to the Syrphidae . Hardback . 2004 . KNNV Publishing . Utrecht . 90-5011-199-8 . 254 .
2. Book: Stubbs, Alan E. . Falk, Steven J. . amp . 1983 . British HovExternal images erflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide . British Entomological & Natural History Society. 253, xvpp.
3. Strobl . P. Gabriel . Czerny . Leander . Spanische Dipteren. III . Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Österreich. . 1909 . 59 . 6 . 121–310 . 26 May 2019.