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Trichopsomyia lucida (Meigen, 1822)

Identification

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

Biology

Unknown.

Flight period

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

Distribution

Added to the British list by Speight (2006)2 from a single specimen found in a London cemetery. This species is too poorly known to make any observations on its distribution. Distribution map for Trichopsomyia lucida

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

  2. Speight, M. (2006). Trichopsomyia lucida (Diptera: Syrphidae): An addition to the British list, and its segregation from related species. Entomologist’s Record & Journal of Variation, 118, 203–206. ↩