Eupeodes species A

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Eupeodes species A sensu Stubbs & Falk, 1983

Nomenclature

• Metasyrphus species A in Stubbs & Falk (1983)

Identification ease/difficulty: 5

Sources of information

• Page 146 (as Metasyrphus species A) in Stubbs & Falk (1983)
• Map here and page 72 in Ball & Morris (2000)
• Page 205 in Stubbs & Falk (2002)

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

Eupeodes species A sensu Stubbs, 1983 Metasyrphus species A in Stubbs & Falk (1983)

Biology: Recorded from the edges of Picea plantations, and also from partially-coniferised deciduous woodland where Picea is present

Distribution: This taxon was first recognised in 1947 from South Devon. The very few British specimens have been taken at widely scattered localities in England and Wales, and it has also been found in southern Scandinavia and the Alps. It has possibly only recently colonised British conifer plantations