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Callicera
Sign in to saveCallicera is a Holarctic genus of hoverflies.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderDiptera
- FamilySyrphidae
Observations recorded2,392
Callicera (лат. , от др.-греч. καλλι- +κερη «прекраснорогая») — род двукрылых из семейства журчалок.
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Callicera is a Holarctic genus of hoverflies.
They are beautiful metallic flies, with strikingly long antennae are medium-sized to rather large (wing length 9·75–15 mm.) bumblebee mimics. All the species are considered rare. Callicera larvae live in the moist rot-holes of overmature trees as saprophages. Callicera have been used as bioindicators.
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