Sphaerophoria interrupta | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Syrphidae |
Genus: | Sphaerophoria |
Species: | S. interrupta
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Binomial name | |
Sphaerophoria interrupta (Fabricius, 1805)
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Synonyms | |
Sphaerophoria interrupta is a Palearctic species of hoverfly.[1]
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For terms see Morphology of Diptera
Wing length 4·5-6·25 mm. Tergites 2–4 with pairs of spots, which may merge in the middle and hairs on lateral margin of tergites 3-5 pale. Genitalia figured by Verinden Verlinden, L. (1991) .[2] See references for determination.[3][4][5][6]
Palearctic Fennoscandia South to Iberia and the Mediterranean basin. Ireland East through Europe and European Russia and the Caucasus then to Siberia and Lake Baikal. [7][8]