{{Short description|Species of fly}} {{Speciesbox | image = Cheilosia (Nigrocheilosia) sp. - pubera - Flickr - S. Rae (1).jpg | image_caption = Crichton Glen, Midlothian, Scotland | genus = Cheilosia | species = pubera | authority = (Zetterstedt, 1838) | synonyms = {{collapsible list|bullets = true }}}}

'''''Cheilosia pubera''''' is a Palearctic hoverfly.

==Description== [http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=82145 External images] For terms see Morphology of Diptera<br/> Body 7.0&nbsp;mm. to 8.0.mm. long. The finely punctured mesonotum is clothed with uniformly long golden brown hairs and the abdomen with uniformly yellowish brown hairs. The wingbases are yellowish brown.<ref>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. {{ISBN|81-205-0080-6}}.</ref><ref>Van Veen, M. (2004) ''Hoverflies of Northwest Europe: identification keys to the Syrphidae.'' 256pp. KNNV Publishing, Utrecht.[http://home.hccnet.nl/mp.van.veen/syrphidae/boekhoverflies.html addendum]</ref><ref>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.</ref><ref>Coe, R.L. (1953) Diptera: Syrphidae. ''Handbks.ident.Br.insects,'' 10(1): 1-98. R.ent.Soc.London. [http://www.royensoc.co.uk/sites/default/files/Vol10_Part01.pdf pdf] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181004053056/https://www.royensoc.co.uk/sites/default/files/Vol10_Part01.pdf |date=2018-10-04 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author1=Stubbs, Alan E. |author2=Falk, Steven J. |name-list-style=amp |year=1983 |title=British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide |publisher=British Entomological & Natural History Society|isbn=0-9502891-3-2|edition=2nd (revised)|page=271, xvpp }}</ref><ref>Fauna Europaea</ref>

==Distribution== Fennoscandia, Ardennes, North Spain and the Alps; from Ireland East through northern and central Europe. Mountains of northern Italy and Yugoslavia into European Russia.<ref>Fauna Europaea</ref><ref>Peck, L.V. (1988) Syrphidae. In: Soos, A. & Papp, L. (eds.) ''Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera'', 8: 11-230. Akad.Kiado, Budapest.</ref>

==Habitat== Forest wetland, montane pasture and fen carr and beside streams in ''Fagus'' and ''Picea'' forest.

==Biology== Low flying and settling on the foliage of large-leaved plants. Flowers visited include ''Acer platanoides'', ''Caltha'', ''Cardamine'', ''Prunus padus'', ''Pulsatilla alpina'', ''Ranunculus'' and ''Taraxacum''. Flies from the end of April to June at lower altitudes, and June to July at higher altitudes and more northerly latitudes.<ref name="Speight">{{cite journal | last = Speight | first = M.C.D. | year = 2011 | title = Species accounts of European Syrphidae (Diptera)| journal = Syrph the Net, the database of European Syrphidae | volume = 65 | pages = 285pp | url= http://www.diptera.info/downloads/StN_Species_Accounts_Glasgow_2011.pdf }}</ref>

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Category:Flies of Europe Category:Cheilosia Category:Insects described in 1838