Xylota sylvarum

Xylota sylvarum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Genus: Xylota
Species: X. sylvarum
Binomial name
Xylota sylvarum
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
  • Musca longisco Harris, 1780
  • Musca sylvarum Linnaeus, 1758
  • Xylota longisco (Harris, 1780)

Xylota sylvarum is a common European species of hoverfly.[1]

References

Xylota sylvarum male on a stump
  1. Stubbs, Alan E. and Falk, Steven J. (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide. British Entomological & Natural History Society. pp. 253, xvpp.