Platycheirus latitarsis

Platycheirus latitarsis
	Platycheirus latitarsis male from Andrew Young
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Syrphidae
Genus:	Platycheirus
Species:	P. latitarsis
Binomial name
	Platycheirus latitarsis; (Vockeroth, 1986)
	Platycheirus latitarsis map 2017

Platycheirus latitarsis, the flathand sedgesitter, is a species of fly in the family Syrphidae. It is a rare species found in Western and central Canada. (see map)^[2]

Description

For terminology see Speight key to genera and glossary or Glossary of morphological terminology
"Very similar to P. amplus, differing as follows: First fore tarsomere strongly flattened, slightly less than twice as long as wide, without a dorsal keel. Mid tibia slightly swollen subbasally and apically, with an anteroventral tuft of short, dark or pale, slightly wavy pile up to 1.5 times as long as tibial diameter on subbasal swelling. Hind tibia with anterior setae somewhat denser. First hind tarsomere barely swollen basally, tapering uniformly to narrow apex. Legs otherwise unmodified. Thorax sparsely yellow or grey pollinose. Scutellar pile approximately as long as arista, other thoracic pile no more than half as long. Pile of scutum and scutellum mixed dark-yellow and black."^[3] ^[4]

General Anatomy click to enlarge
Legs
Head
Wing
Body

References

^ Vockeroth, J. R. (1990). "Revision of the Nearctic species of Platycheirus (Diptera, Syrphidae)". Canadian Entomologist. 122 (4): 659–766. doi:10.4039/Ent122659-7.
^ Vockeroth, J. R. (1992). The Flower Flies of the Subfamily Syrphinae of Canada, Alaska, and Greenland (Diptera: Syrphidae). Part 18. The Insects and Arachnids of Canada (PDF). Ottawa, Ontario: Canadian Government Pub Centre. pp. 1–456.
^ Skevington, Jeffrey H.; Locke, Michelle M.; Young, Andrew D.; Moran, Kevin; et al. (2019). Field Guide to the Flower Flies of Northeastern North America. Princeton Field Guides. Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691189406.
^ Young, Andrew D.; Marshall, Stephen A.; Skevington, Jeffrey H. (17 February 2016). "Revision of Platycheirus Lepeletier and Serville (Diptera: Syrphidae) in the Nearctic north of Mexico". Zootaxa. 4082 (1): 34. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4082.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334. Retrieved 21 December 2024. This article incorporates text from this source, which is available under the CC BY 3.0 license.

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[Vockeroth-1] Vockeroth, J. R. (1990). "Revision of the Nearctic species of Platycheirus (Diptera, Syrphidae)". Canadian Entomologist. 122 (4): 659–766. doi:10.4039/Ent122659-7.

[Vockeroth92-2] Vockeroth, J. R. (1992). The Flower Flies of the Subfamily Syrphinae of Canada, Alaska, and Greenland (Diptera: Syrphidae). Part 18. The Insects and Arachnids of Canada (PDF). Ottawa, Ontario: Canadian Government Pub Centre. pp. 1–456.

[Skevington2019-3] Skevington, Jeffrey H.; Locke, Michelle M.; Young, Andrew D.; Moran, Kevin; et al. (2019). Field Guide to the Flower Flies of Northeastern North America. Princeton Field Guides. Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691189406.

[Young_et_al.-4] Young, Andrew D.; Marshall, Stephen A.; Skevington, Jeffrey H. (17 February 2016). "Revision of Platycheirus Lepeletier and Serville (Diptera: Syrphidae) in the Nearctic north of Mexico". Zootaxa. 4082 (1): 34. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4082.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334. Retrieved 21 December 2024. This article incorporates text from this source, which is available under the CC BY 3.0 license.

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