Xylota florum
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| Xylota florum (Fabricius, 1805)
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Xylota florum is a Palearctic species of hoverfly.[1][2]
Description
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For terms see Morphology of Diptera
Wing length 6 ·25-9 ·25 mm. Abdomen black with elongate yellow spots. Hind tibiae pale on basal third. Antero-dorsal hairs on the hind femora including many at least as long as half the depth of the hind femur, these longer hairs present on more than half the femur length. Anterior anepisternum dull, posterior anepisternum shiny. The male genitalia are figured by Hippa (1968).[3] The larva is described by Rotheray (2004).[4]
See references for determination.[5][6][7][8]
Distribution
Palearctic Fennoscandia South to central France. Ireland eastwards Europe into Russia and the Caucasus then to Siberia.[9][10]
References
- ^ Stubbs, Alan E. & Falk, Steven J. (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide (2nd (revised) ed.). British Entomological & Natural History Society. p. 271, xvpp. ISBN 0-9502891-3-2.
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ Hippa, H. (1968) Classification of the palaearctic species of the genera Xylota Meigen and Xylotomima Shannon (Dipt., Syrphidae). Ann.Ent.Fenn., 34: 179-197.
- ^ Rotheray, G.E. (2004) The early stages of Xylota abiens Meigen, with a key to the larvae and puparia of British Xylota species (Diptera, Syrphidae). Dipterists Digest, 11: 83-97 .
- ^ Van Veen, M. (2004) Hoverflies of Northwest Europe: identification keys to the Syrphidae. 256pp. KNNV Publishing, Utrecht.addendum
- ^ 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.
- ^ Bei-Bienko, G.Y. & Steyskal, G.C. (1988) 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.
- ^ Coe, R.L. (1953) Diptera: Syrphidae. Handbks.ident.Br.insects, 10(1): 1-98. R.ent.Soc.London. pdf
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ Peck, L.V. (1988) Syrphidae. In: Soos, A. & Papp, L. (eds.) Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera, 8: 11-230. Akad.Kiado, Budapest.
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