External images For terms see Morphology of Diptera Wing length 9·5–14mm. Knob of halteres black. Legs reddish, femorae darkened at base. Tergites 3 and 4 bands whitish-yellow and narrow (less than 1/3 tergite length), and with a short median interruption. Scutellum reddish. See references for determination[3][4][5][6]
Distribution
Palearctic Fennoscandia South to the Pyrenees. Ireland East through North Europe, Central Europe and South Europe (North Italy, Yugoslavia) into European Russia and through Siberia and the Russian Far East to the Pacific coast (Sakhalin Island). [7][8]
Habitat.Poland.
Biology
Habitat: Quercus, Betula and Pinus woodland, Salixcarr, fen, bog and moorland.[9] Flies May to September.
References
↑ Stubbs, Alan E. & Falk, Steven J. (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide. British Entomological & Natural History Society. pp.253, xvpp.
↑ Van Veen, M.P. (2004). Hoverflies of Northwest Europe, Identification Keys to the Syrphidae (Hardback). Utrecht: KNNV Publishing. p.254. ISBN90-5011-199-8.
↑ 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. ISBN81-205-0080-6.
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