Platycheirus laskai ( Nielsen, 1999 )

Heimburg, Helge, Doczkal, Dieter & Holzinger, Werner E., 2022, A checklist of the hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) of Austria, Zootaxa 5115 (2), pp. 151-209 : 157

Platycheirus laskai ( Nielsen, 1999)

Examined material. Styria: Graz-Umgebung, Übelbachgraben 900 m, 47°15’40’’ N, 15°10’ E, 3.6.2015 (1♂), leg. & det. H. Heimburg, vid. D. Doczkal .

Notes. Few is known about the preferred habitat of Platycheirus laskai . A single male was collected in Styria in a submontane, humid coniferous forest near a small stream. In Germany, several specimens have been collected on Geranium sylvaticum ( Nielsen 1999). The species occurs scattered from northern Europe (e.g., Norway) to southern Europe (North Italy) ( Speight 2020). The specimen is deposited in the collection of the Zoologische Staatssammlung München.