The description of the female of Platycheirus troll Mutin (Diptera, Syrphidae) with a preliminary key to the Northern Palaearctic females of the Platycheirus clypeatus group

ANTTI HAARTO

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4000.3.5

Issue: Vol. 4000 No. 3: 17 Aug. 2015

Type: Article

Published: 2015-08-17

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4000.3.5

Page range: 383–391

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**The description of the female of Platycheirus troll Mutin (Diptera, Syrphidae) with a preliminary key to the Northern Palaearctic females of the Platycheirus clypeatus group**

ANTTI HAARTO⁺⁻

Zoological Museum, Section of Biodiversity and Environmental Science, University of Turku, FI-20014 Turku, Finland.

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Abstract

The female of Platycheirus troll Mutin is described. A preliminary key to the females of the Northern Palaearctic species of the Platycheirus clypeatus group is presented. The possibility to identify the undescribed female of Platycheirus magadanensis Mutin is discussed.