Chrysogaster cemiteriorum


Chrysogaster cemiteriorum is a European species of hoverfly which can be found feeding on umbelliferous flowers wetlands and damp meadows.

Description

For terms see Morphology of Diptera
Anterior lower part of mesopleuron and hypopleuron covered with grey coating. Face in male very broad and the surstyli obtuse. A large Chrysogaster with a body length body of 6.0 to 8.0.mm.
See references for determination.

Distribution

The Palearctic. Scandinavia South to the Mediterranean basin; Ireland East through Europe into European Russia, Siberia and the Russian Far East.

Habitat

Fen, valley bog and taiga.

Biology

Flies over and among fen and damp meadow vegetation from June to September. Flowers visited include white umbellifers and ''Sambucus ebulus.''