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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 that were not reported to be of eggs, larvae or pupae. phenology

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. dotmap

  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. ↩