Cheilosia cynocephala is a Palearctic species of hoverfly.
Description A black Cheilosia with a bluish sheen, darkened wings and dark hairs. Van der Goot, V.S. (1981) De zweefvliegen van Noordwest - Europa en Europees Rusland, in het bijzonder van de Benelux. KNNV, Uitgave no.32: 275pp. Amsterdam. Bei-Bienko, G.Y. & Steyskal, G.C. (1988a) Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR, Volume V: Diptera and Siphonaptera, Part I. Amerind Publishing Co., New Delhi. .Van Veen, M. (2004) Hoverflies of Northwest Europe: identification keys to the Syrphidae. 256pp. KNNV Publishing, Utrecht.addendumCoe, R.L. (1953) Diptera: Syrphidae. Handbks.ident.Br.insects, 10(1): 1-98. R.ent.Soc.London. pdf Fauna EuropaeaPeck, L.V. (1988) Syrphidae. In: Soos, A. & Papp, L. (eds.) Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera, 8: 11-230. Akad.Kiado, Budapest.
Distribution and biology It is found from Fennoscandia south to central France and England eastwards through Central Europe and on into central Russia.Southwards into the mountains of northern Italy and Yugoslavia.Fauna Europaea The habitat is open ground near rivers, streams or flushes in unimproved grassland, usually on calcareous soils, including montane pasture. where it flies from July–October. The larvae mine the stems of Carduus nutans. Adults visit white umbellifers, Calluna vulgaris., Cirsium arvense, Parnassia palustris, Pulicaria, Ranunculus, Salix repens, Saxifraga azoides, Scabiosa, Senecio Sonchus...
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