''Anasimyia lineata'' is a

Palaearctic The Palearctic or Palaearctic is a biogeographic realm of the Earth, the largest of eight. Confined almost entirely to the Eastern Hemisphere, it stretches across Europe and Asia, north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. Th ...

species of

hoverfly Hoverflies, also called flower flies or syrphids, make up the insect family Syrphidae. As their common name suggests, they are often seen hovering or nectaring at flowers; the adults of many species feed mainly on nectar and pollen, while the l ...

Description

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The face protrudes forwards as a long snout which tapers to a point. The body has dark ground colour. The male has triangular orange markings on the tergites (especially on tergite 2). Female markings are orange or grey. The stigma is in the form of a dark patch between the veins. Keys and accounts *Coe R.L. (1953) Syrphidae *Van Veen, M. (2004) ''Hoverflies of Northwest Europe'' *Van der Goot, V.S. (1981) ''De zweefvliegen van Noordwest - Europa en Europees Rusland, in het bijzonder van de Benelux'' *Bei-Bienko, G.Y. & Steyskal, G.C. (1988) Keys to USSR insects. Diptera Parco della Caffarella2

Habits

Wetlands including bog, fen and marsh, pond-side and riverine fen and alluvial wetlands, such as oxbow lakes. Flowers visited include ''Alisma plantago-aquatica'', Caltha, ''Cardamine pratense'', ''Cicuta viros'', ''Lythrum salicaria'', ''Menyanthes trifoliata'', ''Nymphaea alba'', ''Potentilla anserina'', ''Ranunculus'', ''Lychnis flos-cuculi'', ''Sorbus aucuparia'', ''Crataegus'' and ''Anthriscus sylvestris''. The larva is aquatic and microphagous in rotting plant debris. It is illustrated by Rotheray (1993)

Distribution

Entire temperate

Palearctic The Palearctic or Palaearctic is a biogeographic realm of the Earth, the largest of eight. Confined almost entirely to the Eastern Hemisphere, it stretches across Europe and Asia, north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. Th ...

.Peck, L.V. (1988) Syrphidae. In: Soos, A. & Papp, L. (eds.) ''Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera'', 8: 11-230. Akad.Kiado, Budapest.

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