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Species Platycheirus trichopus

Syrphid Fly - Platycheirus trichopus - male

Platycheirus obscurus - Platycheirus trichopus - male

Syrphid? 11/24 - Platycheirus trichopus - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon ("Aschiza")

Family Syrphidae (Hover Flies)

Subfamily Syrphinae

Tribe Bacchini

Genus Platycheirus

No Taxon (subgenus Carposcalis)

Species trichopus (Platycheirus trichopus)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Syrphus trichopus Thomson, 1869

Explanation of Names

Platycheirus trichopus (Thomson, 1869)

Size

6.8-9.4 mm (1)

Range

Rocky Mountains west, from Alaska to Mexico (1)

Remarks

Includes western specimens previously identified as Platycheirus obscurus. (1)

Works Cited

1.	Revision of Platycheirus Lepeletier and Serville (Diptera: Syrphidae) in the Nearctic north of Mexico. Young, Andrew D., Marshall, Stephen F., & Skevington, Jeffrey H. 2016. Zootaxa 4082(1):001-317.

Contributed by Kelsey J.R.P. Byers on 6 December, 2016 - 10:46pm
Additional contributions by Hartmut Wisch
Last updated 18 September, 2019 - 8:40pm

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