''Fagisyrphus cinctus'' is a

Europe Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and Asia to the east ...

species A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...

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 ...

. This species has a muddled taxonomic history. Older authors treated it as a member of the genus '' Melangyna'', and later sources in '' Meligramma'' (as either a separate genus or a subgenus of ''Melangyna''), but the most recent sources recognize it as the sole species in its own monotypic genus, ''Fagisyrphus''.

Description

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Morphology of Diptera Dipteran morphology differs in some significant ways from the broader insect morphology, morphology of insects. The Diptera is a very large and diverse Order (biology), order of mostly small to medium-sized insects. They have prominent compound ey ...

Wing length 6 ·25–8·75 mm. Tergites 3 and 4 with yellow to orange bands. Tergite 2 with two yellow, triangular marks. Elongate abdomen. See references for determination. The male genitalia are figured by Dusek and Laska (1967). The larva is figured in colour by Rotheray (1994).

Distribution

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 ...

Fennoscandia South to Iberia and the Mediterranean. Ireland Eastwards through Europe into European Russia, the Crimea and Turkey.

Biology

Habitat: ''Fagus'' and ''Quercus'' woodland. Flowers visited include white umbellifers, ''Acer pseudoplatanus'', ''Crataegus'', ''Ligustrum'', ''Malus sylvestris'', ''Prunus spinosa'', ''Rubus idaeus'', ''Salix'', ''Sambucus nigra'', ''Sorbus aucupariae'', ''Urtica dioica'', ''Viburnus opulus''.de Buck, N. (1990) Bloembezoek en bestuivingsecologie van Zweefvliegen (Diptera, Syrphidae) in het bijzonder voor België. ''Doc.Trav.'' IRSNB, no.60, 1-167. The flight period is April to July in two generations. The larva feeds on

aphid Aphids are small sap-sucking insects in the Taxonomic rank, family Aphididae. Common names include greenfly and blackfly, although individuals within a species can vary widely in color. The group includes the fluffy white Eriosomatinae, woolly ...

References

Diptera of Europe Syrphinae Syrphini Monotypic Brachycera genera Insects described in 1817 {{Syrphidae-stub