Xylota segnis
| Xylota segnis | |
|---|---|
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Genus: | Xylota |
| Species: | X. segnis |
| Binomial name | |
| Xylota segnis (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
| Synonyms | |
Xylota segnis is a common European species of hoverfly.[1]
Biology
Adults feed by grazing on anemophilous pollen grazed from surface of leaves.[2] Larvae are normally associated with decaying tree sap,[3] but have also been found in decaying human remains.[4]
References
- ↑ Stubbs, Alan E. and Falk, Steven J. (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide. British Entomological & Natural History Society. pp. 253, xvpp.
- ↑ Rotheray, Graham E.; Gilbert, Francis (2011). The Natural History of Hoverflies. Tresaith: Forrest Text. pp. 1–348. ISBN 978-0956469212.
- ↑ Rotheray, Graham E. (1993). "Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae Diptera, Syrphidae in Britain and Europe". Dipterists Digest. 1 (Dipterists Forum) 9: 156. ISSN 0953-7260. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
- ↑ Moffatt, Colin (2013). "Xylota segnis (L.) (Diptera:Syrphidae) found feeding on human remains". British Journal of Entomology and Natural History (British Entomological and Natural History Society) 26 (4): 243. ISSN 0952-7583.