Species Account for Platycheirus occultus
Platycheirus occultus Goeldlin de Tiefenau, Maibach & Speight, 1990
Diptera: Syrphidae: Syrphidae
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Taxonomic group: hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) - Available county data
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Essex RDB: Listed
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This recently recognised species has proved to be widespread in Britain, associated in particular with peaty wetlands, with a wide tolerance range including fens, poor fen, boggy areas, on heathland and extending up to onto moorlands in the north and west (Stubbs& Falk, 2002). It was collected by Dan Hackett at Walthamstow Marshes in 2000, and again during the current survey. References
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Recorded substrate and hydrology for locations with Platycheirus occultus
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