Xanthogramma citrofasciatum

Xanthogramma citrofasciatum
male
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Genus: Xanthogramma
Species: X. citrofasciatum
Binomial name
Xanthogramma citrofasciatum
(De Geer, 1776)

Xanthogramma citrofasciatum is a species of hoverfly found in grasslands from Ireland to western Siberia. The larvae live in ant Lasius colonies where they feed on the aphids tended by the ants.[1].[2]

Description

External images For terms see Morphology of Diptera
Wing length 6·5-10·25 mm. Legs yellow coxae and trochanters black.Femora and tibiae 3 completely pale.Yellow marks on tergite 2 linear (not equilateral triangles).Tergites 2-4 with subequal yellow marks. See references for determination.[3] [4] [5] [6]

Habitat.Italy

Distribution

Palearctic .South Norway to Iberia.Ireland East through Central Europe and South Europe into European Russia and Yugoslavia and the Caucasus, then to Siberia.[7] [8]


References

  1. ↑ Stubbs, Alan E. & Falk, Steven J. (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide. British Entomological & Natural History Society. pp. 253, xvpp.
  2. ↑ Speight, M.C.D. (2011). "Species accounts of European Syrphidae (Diptera)" (PDF). Syrph the Net, the database of European Syrphidae. 65: 285pp.
  3. ↑ Van Veen, M. (2004) Hoverflies of Northwest Europe: identification keys to the Syrphidae. 256pp. KNNV Publishing, Utrecht.addendum
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ Coe, R.L. (1953) Diptera: Syrphidae. Handbks.ident.Br.insects, 10(1): 1-98. R.ent.Soc.London. pdf
  7. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  8. ↑ Peck, L.V. (1988) Syrphidae. In: Soos, A. & Papp, L. (eds.) Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera, 8: 11-230. Akad.Kiado, Budapest.


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