Cheilosia impressa

Cheilosia impressa
female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Genus: Cheilosia
Species: C. impressa
Binomial name
Cheilosia impressa
Loew, 1840

Cheilosia impressa is a european species of hoverfly. Like most members of its genus C. impressa is a rather small, dark insect and identification can be problematic.[1][2]

References

  1. Stubbs, Alan E.; Falk, Steven J. (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide. British Entomological & Natural History Society. p. 251, xvpp.
  2. Van Veen, M.P. (2004). Hoverflies of Northwest Europe, Identification Keys to the Syrphidae (hardback). Utrecht: KNNV Publishing. p. 254. ISBN 90-5011-199-8.
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