Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods) ➔ Class Insecta (Insects) ➔ Order Diptera (True flies) ➔ Family Syrphidae (Hoverflies)
Ceriana conopsoides (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms and other combinations:
Ceria clavicornis Fabricius, 1794 | Cerioides conopoides Bezzi & Stein, 1907 | Cerioides uralensis Becker, 1921 | Conops vaginicornis Schrank, 1803 | Musca adunata Geoffroy, 1785 | Musca univalvis Turton, 1801 |
Classification:
Ceriana conopsoides belongs to the subfamily Eristalinae, tribe Cerioidini.Distribution:
Finland south to the Mediterranean and North Africa; France east through central Europe and on into Asiatic parts of Russia to the Pacific; China. Rare and decreasing in western Europe.Habitat:
Deciduous forest (Fagus, Quercus) with overmature trees.Description:
The conspicuous yellow-black drawn Ceriana conopsoides has a body length of 10.1 - 15.7 mm (female) and 9.2 - 13.8 mm (male). The abdomen shows 3 narrow yellow cross strips. The scutellum is yellow at the base. The antennae (with sensor bristles on the tip of the third antenna segment) sit on an extension of the forehead, which is longer than the the first antenna segment (scapus).Biology:
Adults fly from May to September and visit various umbellifers, Cirsium, Dianthus, Euonymus, Euphorbia, Physocarpus, Rubus fruticosus and Sorbus aucuparia.Larvae were found in sap runs and damp tree-holes of deciduous trees, notably Populus and Ulmus.
References, further reading, links:
- Pape T. & Thompson F.C. (eds) (2017). Systema Dipterorum (version 2.0, Jan 2011). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2017 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds.). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2017. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X.
- M.C.D.Speight: Species Accounts of European Syrphidae (Diptera), Glasgow 2011, Syrph the Net, the database of European Syrphidae, vol. 65, 285 pp., Syrph the Net publications, Dublin.
- Speight, M.C.D. & Sarthou, J.-P.: StN keys for the identification of adult European Syrphidae (Diptera), Glasgow 2011/Clés StN pour la détermination des adultes des Syrphidae Européens (Diptères), Glasgow 2011. Syrph the Net, the database of European Syrphidae, Vol. 66, 120 pp, Syrph the Net publications, Dublin.
- Steenis, J., Ricarte, A., Vujić, A., Birtele, D., & Speight, M.: Revision of the West-Palaearctic species of the tribe Cerioidini (Diptera, Syrphidae). Zootaxa, 4196(2), (2016), 151–209. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4196.2.1
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- Anasimyia transfuga
- Baccha elongata
- Brachyopa sp.
- Brachypalpoides lentus
- Brachypalpus laphriformis
- Brachypalpus sp.
- Brachypalpus valgus
- Ceriana conopsoides
- Ceriana vespiformis
- Chalcosyrphus femoratus
- Chalcosyrphus valgus
- Cheilosia albipila
- Cheilosia albitarsis
- Cheilosia chrysocoma
- Cheilosia illustrata
- Cheilosia pagana
- Cheilosia scutellata
- Cheilosia sp.
- Chrysogaster sp.
- Chrysotoxum bicinctum
- Chrysotoxum fasciatum
- Chrysotoxum festivum
- Chrysotoxum verralli
- Criorhina berberina
- Dasysyrphus albostriatus
- Dasysyrphus sp.
- Dasysyrphus tricinctus
- Didea fasciata
- Didea intermedia
- Didea sp.
- Epistrophe diaphana
- Epistrophe eligans
- Epistrophe flava
- Epistrophe melanostoma
- Epistrophe melanostoma/nitidicollis
- Epistrophella euchroma
- Eristalinus megacephalus
- Eristalis interrupta
- Eristalis intricaria
- Eristalis lineata
- Eristalis rupium
- Eristalis similis
- Eristalis sp.
- Eumerus purpurariae
- Eumerus sp.
- Eupeodes luniger
- Eupeodes sp.
- Ferdinandea cuprea
- Helophilus hybridus
- Helophilus sp.
- Helophilus trivittatus
- Ischiodon aegyptius
- Leucozona glaucia
- Leucozona laternaria
- Leucozona lucorum
- Melangyna lasiophthalma
- Melangyna quadrimaculata
- Melangyna umbellatarum
- Melanogaster sp.
- Meligramma triangulifera
- Meliscaeva cinctella
- Merodon ambiguus
- Merodon avidus
- Merodon moenium
- Merodon obscuritarsis
- Merodon sp.
- Microdon analis/major
- Microdon mutabilis/myrmicae
- Myolepta dubia
- Orthonevra sp.
- Paragus sp.
- Parasyrphus lineolus
- Parhelophilus sp.
- Pipiza austriaca
- Pipiza bimaculata
- Pipiza fenestrata
- Pipiza sp.
- Platycheirus rosarum
- Platycheirus sp.
- Rhingia rostrata
- Scaeva albomaculata
- Scaeva selenitica
- Sericomyia lappona
- Sphaerophoria rueppelli
- Sphaerophoria sp.
- Sphegina sp.
- Spilomyia saltuum
- Syrphus sp.
- Syrphus vitripennis
- Temnostoma bombylans
- Temnostoma meridionale
- Temnostoma vespiforme
- Tropidia scita
- Xanthogramma citrofasciatum
- Xanthogramma pedissequum
- Xylota sp.
- Xylota sylvarum
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- Chequered Hoverfly
- Common Bog Hoverfly
- Common Drone Fly
- Common Snout-hoverfly
- Deadhead Hover Fly
- Dusky-banded Forest Fly
- European Drone Fly
- Figwort Cheilosia
- Four-spotted Pipiza
- Hornet Mimic Hoverfly
- Large Hoverfly
- Large Narcissus Fly
- Larger Spotty-eyed Drone Fly
- Long Hoverfly
- Marmalade Fly
- Migrant Hoverfly
- Orange-belted Plumehorn
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- Pine Hoverfly
- Snouted Duckfly
- Summer Fly
- Sun Fly
- Tapered Drone Fly
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