Platycheirus occultus is a Palearctic species of hoverfly.
Description External images For terms see Morphology of Diptera Tarsae 1: apical half of all segments without dark brown to black blotches ventrally. Femora 1 black to dark brown for less than half its length. Surstyli pale-haired.Speight, M.C.D. & Goeldlin de Tiefenau, P. (1990) Keys to distinguish Platycheirus angustipes, P.europaeus, P.occultus and P.ramsarensis (Dipt., Syrphidae) from other clypeatus group species known in Europe. Dipterists Digest, 5: 5-18.
Distribution Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Ireland, Britain, North Germany, France Switzerland, Spain and northern Italy (Apennines), Serbia, Turkey
Biology Habitat: fen and bog, coastal marsh and dune slacks, humid, seasonally-flooded, grassland, moorland, taiga wetlands. Flies April to September.
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