Brachyopa dorsata

{{Short description|Species of fly}}

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| image = Brachyopa dorsata, Forêt de Soignes, Brussels.jpg

| genus = Brachyopa

| species = dorsata

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| authority = Zetterstedt, 1837{{cite journal |last1=Zetterstedt |first1=J. W. |title=Conspectus familiarum, generum et specierum dipterorum, in fauna insectorum Lapponica descriptorum |journal=Isis (Oken's) |date=1837 |volume=21 |pages=28–67}}

| synonyms = *Brachyopa sibirica Violovich, 1982{{cite journal |last1=Violovitsh |first1=N.A. |title=New species of Syrphids from the Palaearctic fauna (Diptera, Syrphidae) |journal=Nov. mal. vidy Faun. Sibir. |date=1982 |volume=16 |pages=54-64 |language=Russian}}

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Brachyopa dorsata is a species of hoverfly found in Europe.{{cite book |last= Veen |first= M.P. van |title= Hoverflies of Northwest Europe, Identification Keys to the Syrphidae |type= Hardback |year= 2004 |publisher= KNNV Publishing |location= Utrecht |isbn= 90-5011-199-8 |pages= 254 }}

Distribution

Fennoscandia south to the Pyrenees; Belgium and the Netherlands eastwards through much of central and northern Europe into European parts of Russia and on across Siberia to the Pacific..{{cite web |last1=Christensen |first1=Caroline |last2=Jespersen |first2=Annette |title=Alle troede, den var uddød: Urskovssvirreflue genfundet efter 170 år |url=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/regionale/trekanten/alle-troede-den-var-uddoed-urskovssvirreflue-genfundet-efter-170-aar |website=DR |access-date=2 July 2022 |date=22 June 2022}}{{cite book |last=Speight |first=M.C.D |author-link= |date=2011 |title= Species accounts of European Syrphidae (Diptera), Glasgow2011 |url=https://www.diptera.info/downloads/StN_Species_Accounts_Glasgow_2011.pdf|location=Dublin |publisher=Syrph the Net publications |page= |isbn= }}

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