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Platycheirus aurolateralis Stubbs, 2002

Identification

Identification difficulty = 4. microscope_icon camera_icon_cross according to Ball & Morris, 20241

Synonymy

Separated from Platycheirus scutatus by Stubbs (2002)2.

Biology

This species is as yet poorly known. The larvae of the genus are aphidophagous. No obvious habitat affinities have been detected as yet.

Flight period

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

Distribution

Primarily known from southern England with a single outlier from north Yorkshire. A difficult species to identify reliably, which will probably limit the number of records. Distribution map for Platycheirus aurolateralis

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

  2. Stubbs, A. (2002). Advances in the understanding of the Platycheirus scutatus complex in Britain, including the addition of Platycheirus aurolateralis sp. nov. (Diptera, Syrphidae). Dipterists Digest (Second Series), 9, 75–80. ↩