Platycheirus Explained

Platycheirus is a large genus of hoverflies.^[1] They are also called sedgesitters.^[2]

Species by subgenus

Subgenus: Carposcalis Enderlein, 1938

Diagnostic keys

• Key to Nearctic Platycheirus^[3]
• Diptera fauna of New Zealand
• Key to the platycheirus species of Taiwan plus DNA sequencing on 63 species.
• Key to "melanostomini" of the Neotropical region (1945, using outdated generic concept)^[4]
• A 1927 Key to North American species of males of the genus Platycheirus
• Key to the insects to Russian Far East (Platycheirus starts on page 363). In Russian
• The genus Platycheirus of Japan
• Description, keys and maps to the Nearctic species of Platycheirus.
• List and short description of European species

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Notes and References

1. Book: Stubbs, Alan E. . Falk, Steven J. . amp . 1983 . British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide. 253, xvpp . British Entomological and Natural History Society.
2. Web site: 2020-08-15. Flower Flies. 2021-02-27. profils-profiles.science.gc.ca.
3. YOUNG . ANDREW . Marshall . Stephen . Skevington . Jeffrey . 2016 . Revision of Platycheirus Lepeletier and Serville (Diptera: Syrphidae) in the Nearctic north of Mexico . Zootaxa . 4082 . 1 . 1–317 . 10.11646/zootaxa.4082.1.1 . 27394216 . free .
4. Fluke . Charles Lewis . 1891 . The Melanostomini of the Neotropical region (Diptera, Syrphidae). . American Museum Novitates . 1271 .