Blera eoa

Blera eoa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Syrphidae
Subfamily:	Eristalinae
Tribe:	Milesiini
Genus:	Blera
Species:	B. eoa
Binomial name
Blera eoa (Stackelberg, 1928)[1]
Synonyms
Cynorrhina eoa Stackelberg, 1928[1] Blera velox Violovich, 1976[2]

Blera eoa is a species of hoverfly normally associated with pine trees in Northern Sweden and Siberia. It is very similar to Blera fallax, except that its abdomen is all black.^[3][4]

The larvae, typical rat-tailed maggots, normally develop in damp rot holes of felled or felled pine trees.^[3]

Distribution

Russia, Sweden.

References

1. Stackelberg, A.A. (1928). "Species palaearcticae generis Cynorrhina (Dipt., Syrphidae)" (PDF). Konowia. 7 (3): 252–258. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
2. Violovitsh, N.A. (1976). "Some new palaearctic species of hoverflies (Diptera, Syrphidae) from the fauna of Siberia and adjoining regions". Nov. mal. vidy Faun. Sibir (in Russian). 10: 118–129.
3. 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.
4. Pettersson, Roger B.; Bartsch, Hans D. (2001). "Blera eoa (Stackelberg, 1928), en ny stubb-blomfluga för Europa (Diptera, Syrphidae)" (PDF Adobe Acrobat). Natur i Norr, Umeå (in Swedish). 20. Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och geovetenskap: 91–96.^{[permanent dead link‍]}