Xylota segnis

Xylota segnis
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

  1. Stubbs, Alan E. and Falk, Steven J. (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide. British Entomological & Natural History Society. pp. 253, xvpp.
  2. Rotheray, Graham E.; Gilbert, Francis (2011). The Natural History of Hoverflies. Tresaith: Forrest Text. pp. 1–348. ISBN 978-0956469212.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.