Platycheirus clypeatus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Diptera
- Family
- Syrphidae
- Genus
- Platycheirus
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Platycheirus clypeatus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Platycheirus clypeatus
Platycheirus clypeatus is a species of hoverfly. It is found across the Palearctic and in the Nearctic. The larvae feed on aphids. Adults are usually found on the edges of woodland or scrub, heath or along hedgerows where they visit a wide range of flowers.
...Platycheirus clypeatus in languages:
- English
- Platycheirus clypeatus Group
- Hungarian
- közönséges széleslábúlégy
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Platycheirus albimanus
- Platycheirus albotibeticus
- Platycheirus ciliatus
- Platycheirus clypeatus
- Platycheirus formosanus
- Platycheirus fuscitarsis
- Platycheirus hispidipes
- Platycheirus latens
- Platycheirus macroantennae
- Platycheirus modestus
- Platycheirus nigrofemoratus
- Platycheirus nodosus
- Platycheirus normae
- Platycheirus orarius
- Platycheirus pilatus
- Platycheirus quadratus
- Platycheirus scamboides
- Platycheirus scutatus
- Platycheirus setipes
- Platycheirus sticticus
- Platycheirus tenebrosus
- Platycheirus thompsoni
- Platycheirus urakawensis
- Platycheirus varipes
Child Taxa
- Platycheirus aeratus
- Platycheirus angustatus
- Platycheirus angustipes
- Platycheirus beringiensis
- Platycheirus clypeatus
- Platycheirus cryophilus
- Platycheirus europaeus
- Platycheirus fulviventris
- Platycheirus hyperboreus
- Platycheirus immarginatus
- Platycheirus magadanensis
- Platycheirus neoperpallidus
- Platycheirus occultus
- Platycheirus pennipes
- Platycheirus perpallidus
- Platycheirus podagratus
- Platycheirus ramsarensis
- Platycheirus scambus
- Platycheirus troll
































