Xylota tarda

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Xylota tarda
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Xylota tarda in Meigen Europäischen Zweiflügeligen

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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Subfamily: Eristalinae
Tribe: Milesiini
Subtribe: Xylotina
Genus: Xylota
Species:
X. tarda
Binomial name
Xylota tarda
Meigen, 1822 [1]
Synonyms

Xylota tarda is a Palearctic species of hoverfly. [5] [6]

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Description

External images For terms see Morphology of Diptera
Wing length 5·5-8·5 mm. Large red areas on black abdomen. Wing membrane not infuscated. Dorso-apical white bristle on metatarsus 1. Antero-dorsal pale hairs on the basal half of femur 3 uniform not longer than 1/4 the depth of femur. The male genitalia are figured by Hippa (1968). [7] The larva is illustrated in colour by Rotheray (1994) ). [8]

See references for determination (but see Speight [9] for contradiction) [10] [11] [12] [13]

Distribution

Palearctic Fennoscandia South to Spain. Northern Italy (Apennines) Slovenia. Ireland East through Central Europe into European Russia and the Caucasus then through Russia to Siberia and the Pacific coast (Kuril islands). [14]

Biology

Old woodland species running on the foliage of bushes and shrubs and on tree stumps and nearby bare ground. The larva has been found in sap runs at the base of the trunk of Populus tremula and in rotting wood of Fagus.

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References

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  2. He, J.L.; Chu, X.P. (1992). "Studies on three genera of Xylotini (sensu Hippa) from China (Diptera: Syrphidae)". Journal of Shanghai Agricultural College (China) (in Chinese). 10: 1–12.
  3. Zetterstedt, J.W. (1843). Diptera Scandinaviae disposita et descripta. Tomus secundus. Lundae [= Lund.].: Officina Lundbergiana. pp. 441–894.
  4. Zetterstedt, J.W. (1849). Diptera Scandinaviae disposita et descipta. Tomus octavus seu supplementum, continens conspectum synopticum familiarium, generum et specierum, addenda, corrigenda et emendata tomis septtem prioribus. Lundae [= Lund.]: Officina Lundbergiana. pp. 2935–3366.
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  7. Hippa, H. (1968) Classification of the palaearctic species of the genera Xylota Meigen and Xylotomima Shannon (Dipt., Syrphidae). Ann.Ent.Fenn., 34: 179-197.
  8. Rotheray G., 1993 Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae Diptera, Syrphidae in Britain and Europe Dipterists Forum pdf
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  11. 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.
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  14. Peck, L. V. (1988). Soós, A.; Papp, L. (eds.). Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera. Syrphidae. Vol. 8. Amsterdam: Elsevier Science Publishers. p. 363. ISBN   0-444-98932-3.