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Platycheirus scutatus

Synonyms: Platychirus pygmaeus; Syrphus quadratus; Syrphus scutatus (homotypic); Syrphus sexnotatus

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Platycheirus scutatus is a very common species of hoverfly. It is found in many parts of Britain and Europe. The larvae feed on aphids on low-growing plants and trees. Adults feed on a wide range of flowers. They have multiple broods throughout the warmer months and have a very long flight period.
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♦ 1Predators, parasitoids and pathogens: species richness, trophic generality and body sizes in a natural food web J. Memmott N.D. Martinez J.E. Cohen Journal of Animal Ecology Volume 69, Issue 1 January 2000 Pages 1-15
♦ 2Ecology of Commanster
♦ 3Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0