Blera eoa
| Blera eoa | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Genus: | Blera |
| Species: | B. eoa |
| Binomial name | |
| Blera eoa (Stackelberg, 1928) | |
Blera eoa is a species of hoverfly normally associated with pine trees in Northern Sweden and Siberia. It is very similar to Blera fallax, except that its abdomen is all black.[1][2]
The larva, or rat-tailed maggot, normally develop in damp rot holes of felled or felled pine trees.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Van Veen, M.P. (2004). Hoverflies of Northwest Europe, Identification Keys to the Syrphidae (hardback). Utrecht: KNNV Publishing. p. 254. ISBN 90-5011-199-8.
- ↑ Pettersson, Roger B.; Bartsch, Hans D. (2001). "Blera eoa (Stackelberg, 1928), en ny stubb-blomfluga för Europa (Diptera, Syrphidae)" (PDF Adobe Acrobat). Natur i Norr, Umeå (in Swedish) (Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och geovetenskap) 20: 91–96.