Species of fly
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Brachyopa scutellaris is a European species of hoverfly.
Description.
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The wing length is 6·5-7·75 mm. Apical antennomere with a large kidney-shaped sensory pit 
Tergite 2 posterolaterally black pilose. The larva is illustrated by Rotheray (1993).
Distribution.
"Brachyopa scutellaris" is a west Palearctic species with a distribution centred in Europe (Denmark to the Pyrenees, Ireland east through Central Europe to Switzerland).
Habitat and biology.
The habitat is deciduous forest ("Acer", "Alnus", "Ulmus", "Fraxinus"). The flight period is mid April to end June. "Brachyopa scutellaris" flies, pendulously, in sunlit patches beside living trees with sap runs (where the larvae develop) and around rot-holes. Flowers visited include white umbellifers, "Cardamine", "Crataegus", "Malus", "Cornus", "Photinia", "Rubus fruticosus", "Sorbus" and "Viburnum".
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