Platycheirus hyperboreus


Platycheirus hyperboreus. the Pearly Sedgesitter, is a species of syrphid fly in the family Syrphidae. In North America hyperboreus is broadly distributed across Alaska, Canada, Greenland and the northern United States, ranging as far south as North Carolina in the east and Nevada. In western and northern Europe ranging from Norway, Finland, northern Russia and on into northern Siberia.

Description

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image:Syrphid leg diagram.png | Legs
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image: Platycheirus wing diagram.jpg| Wing
image: Syrphid body1.png|Body