Xylota abiens

Xylota abiens
Xylota abiens in Meigen Europäischen Zweiflügeligen (figure 3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Syrphidae
Subfamily:	Eristalinae
Tribe:	Milesiini
Subtribe:	Xylotina
Genus:	Xylota
Species:	X. abiens
Binomial name
Xylota abiens Meigen, 1822 [1]
Synonyms
Xylota semulater Harris, 1780 Zelima subabiens Stackelberg, 1952 [2]

Xylota abiens is a European species of hoverfly. ^{[3] [4]}

Description

External images For terms see Morphology of Diptera
The wing length is 6-8·25 mm. Abdomen black with yellow squarish spots. Thorax (dorsum) completely) pale haired and shining without bloom. Hind tibia darkened except at base. See references for determination. ^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

Distribution

Palearctic. Denmark South to the Pyrenees. Ireland East through Central Europe, northern Italy and Yugoslavia into Russia and the Caucasus and on as far as the Russian Far East and the Pacific coast. ^{[9] [10]}

References

1. Meigen, Johann Wilhelm (1822). Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäische n zweiflugeligen Insekten. Hamm: Dritter Theil. Schulz-Wundermann. pp. x, 416, pls. 22–32. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
2. Stackelberg, A.A. (1952). "Kratkiy obzor palearkticheskikh vidov roda Zelima Mg. (Diptera, Syrphidae)". Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie (in Russian). 32: 316–328.
3. 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.
4. Fauna Europaea
5. Van Veen, M (2004). Hoverflies of Northwest Europe: identification keys to the Syrphidae. Utrecht: KNNV Publishing. pp. 256pp.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. Coe, R.L. (1953) Diptera: Syrphidae. Handbks.ident.Br.insects, 10(1): 1-98. R.ent.Soc.London. pdf Archived 2018-10-04 at the Wayback Machine
9. Fauna Europaea
10. Peck, L.V. (1988) Syrphidae. In: Soos, A. & Papp, L. (eds.) Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera, 8: 11-230. Akad.Kiado, Budapest.