Sphegina elegans

Sphegina elegans
Sphegina elegans female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Syrphidae
Subfamily:	Eristalinae
Tribe:	Brachyopini
Subtribe:	Spheginina
Genus:	Sphegina
Species:	S. elegans
Binomial name
Sphegina elegans Schummel, 1843 [1]
Synonyms
Sphegina kimakowiczi Strobl, 1897 [2] Sphegina germanica Becker, 1921 [3] Sphegina tenuissima Szilády, 1939 [4]

Sphegina elegans is a species of hoverfly. ^{[5] [6]}

Description

External images For terms see Morphology of Diptera
Wing length 5-6·75 mm. Humerus pale, yellow or orange. 3rd antennomere large. Mesonotum shining black, pollinose only on margins. Tarsi 1 and 2 pale. Wing hyaline. See references for determination. ^{[7] [8] [9] [10]}

Distribution

Palearctic Fennoscandia South to the Pyrenees and Spain. Ireland East through Central Europe and Southern Europe (northern Italy, the former Yugoslavia, northern Greece) into European Russia to the Caucasus mountains. Also Samos (Greece). ^{[11] [12]}

Habitat.England.

Biology

Habitat: Fagus and Quercus and other woodland, flying in partial shade and near streams. ^[13]

References

1. Schummel, T.E. (1841). "Verzeichniss und Beschreibung der bis jetzt in Schlesien gefangenen Zweiflugler der Syrphen Familie". Uebers. Arbeit. Verand. Schles. Gesellsch. vaterl. Kultur. 1841: 163–170.
2. Strobl, P.G. (1897). "Siebenburgische Zweiflugler, gesammelt von Prof. G. Strobl, Dr. D. Czekelius und M. v. Kimakowicz". Verhand. Mitteil. siebenburg. Ver. Naturwiss. Hermannstadt. 46: 11–48.
3. Becker, T. (1921). "Neue Dipteren meiner Sammlung". Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin. 10 (1): 1–93. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
4. Szilády, Zoltán (1939). "Uber Palaearktischen Syrphiden. III". Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici (Zoology). 32: 136–140.
5. Stubbs, Alan E.; Falk, Steven J (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide (2nd ed.). London: British Entomological and Natural History Society. pp. 253, xvpp. ISBN   1-899935-03-7.
6. Ball, S.G.; Morris, R.K.A. (2000). Provisional atlas of British hoverflies (Diptera, Syrphidae). Monks Wood, UK: Biological Record Centre. pp. 167 pages. ISBN   1-870393-54-6.
7. Van Veen, M. (2004) Hoverflies of Northwest Europe: identification keys to the Syrphidae. 256pp. KNNV Publishing, Utrecht.addendum
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. Coe, R.L. (1953) Diptera: Syrphidae. Handbks.ident.Br.insects, 10(1): 1-98. R.ent.Soc.London. pdf
11. Fauna Europaea
12. Peck, L.V. (1988) Syrphidae. In: Soos, A. & Papp, L. (eds.) Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera, 8: 11-230. Akad.Kiado, Budapest.
13. Speight, M.C.D. (2011). "Species accounts of European Syrphidae (Diptera)" (PDF). Syrph the Net, the Database of European Syrphidae. 65: 285pp.