Cheilosia vicina

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Cheilosia vicina (Zetterstedt, 1849)

Nomenclature

• Cheilosia nasutula in Stubbs & Falk (1983)
• Cheilosia nasutula in RA33
• Cheilosia nasutula in Kloet & Hincks (1976)

Identification ease/difficulty: 3

Sources of information

• Page 170 (as Cheilosia nasutula) in Stubbs & Falk (1983)
• Map here and page 41 in Ball & Morris (2000)
• Page 264, Pl. C, fig. 3 in Stubbs & Falk (2002)

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Species account from Provisional atlas of British hoverflies, Ball & Morris, 2000.

Cheilosia vicina (Zetterstedt, 1849) Cheilosia nasutula Becker in Stubbs & Falk (1983)

Biology: The larvae of this species remain unknown. Adults are most often found visiting flowers in either open or wooded situations (deciduous or coniferous), or (especially males) basking on sunlit leaves

Distribution: This species has a markedly northern distribution. It is frequent from north Wales and the Pennines northwards, and is amongst the commonest Cheilosia in Scotland. There are a few records from southern England, but confusion with C. antiqua is possible