''Platycheirus perpallidus'' is a

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Description

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Distribution

Palearctic The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Si ...

: Norway and Finland south to northern France, Ireland east through Northern Europe and central Europe into European Russia and on through Siberia and the Russian Far East to the Pacific coast;

Nearctic The Nearctic realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting the Earth's land surface. The Nearctic realm covers most of North America, including Greenland, Central Florida, and the highlands of Mexico. The parts of North America ...

: from Alaska to New Brunswick and south to Utah.Peck, L.V. (1988). Syrphidae. In: Soos, A. & Papp, L. (eds.) ''Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera'', 8: 11-230. Akad. Kiado, Budapest.

Biology

Habitat: Sedge and reed beds in fen and mire and along rivers or the edge of lakes. Flies April to September.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Platycheirus Perpallidus Diptera of Europe Syrphinae Insects described in 1901