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Eupeodes goeldlini Mazánek, Láska & Bičík, 1999

Identification

Identification difficulty = 5. microscope_icon camera_icon_cross according to Ball & Morris, 20241

Synonymy

Added to the British list by Speight et al. (2007)2.

Biology

Little known and difficult to identify. The larva is unknown but presumed to be predaceous upon arboreal aphids associated with coniferous trees like other related Eupeodes species.

Flight period

The following plots show the number of unique records per week excluding those reported to be of immature stages. Phenology plots for Eupeodes goeldlini

Distribution

The first GB record was from Wareham Forest, Dorset in 2007. Distribution map for Eupeodes goeldlini

  1. Ball, S., & Morris, R. (2024). Hoverflies of Britain and Ireland. WILDGuides (3rd ed.). Oxford: Princeton University Press. ↩

  2. Speight, M., Sarthou, J., & Levy, D. (2007). Eupeodes goeldlini (Diptera, Syrphidae) new to Britain, France and Ireland, with a key to separate it from related atlantic zone species. Entomologist’s Record & Journal of Variation, 119, 213–219. ↩