Platycheirus geminatus Heer 1849 (hover fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Syrphidae

Alternative combination: Syrphus geminatus

Full reference: O. Heer. 1849. Die Insektenfauna der Tertiärgebilde von Oeningen und von Radoboj in Croatien. Zweiter Theil: Henschrecken, Florfliegen, Aderflügler, Schmetterlinge und Fliegen 1-264

Belongs to Platycheirus according to N. L. Evenhuis 1994

See also Heer 1849 and Hull 1945

Sister taxa: Platycheirus freyeri, Platycheirus haidingeri, Platycheirus infumatus, Platycheirus lethaeus, Platycheirus persistens

Type specimen: Its type locality is Radoboj (K.K. Montanistischen Collection), which is in a Sarmatian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in Croatia.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Radoboj (K.K. Montanistischen Collection)

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