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 Holarctic species of hoverfly.[1]

Description

External images For terms see Morphology of Diptera
Wing length 7-9·5 mm. Thorax greenish black.Abdomen black with large red or yellowish red patch patch.Two rows of thick spines on hind femora. Curved process on male hind trochanter.The male genitalia are figured by Hippa (1968).[2] The larva is illustrated in colour by Rotheray (1994) ).[3] See references for determination.[4] [5] [6] [7]

Distribution

Palearctic All Europe including the Mediterranean, the Caucasus and through Russia to the Russian Far East and Japan.Nearctic eastern parts.[8] [9] [10]

Habitat.Germany

Biology

Adults feed by grazing on anemophilous pollen grazed from surface of leaves.[11] Larvae are normally associated with decaying tree sap,[12] but have also been found in decaying human remains.[13]

References

  1. ↑ Stubbs, Alan E. & Falk, Steven J. (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide. British Entomological & Natural History Society. pp. 253, xvpp.
  2. ↑ Hippa, H. (1968) Classification of the palaearctic species of the genera Xylota Meigen and Xylotomima Shannon (Dipt., Syrphidae). Ann.Ent.Fenn., 34: 179-197.
  3. ↑ Rotheray G., 1993 Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae Diptera, Syrphidae in Britain and Europe Dipterists Forum pdf
  4. ↑ Van Veen, M. (2004) Hoverflies of Northwest Europe: identification keys to the Syrphidae. 256pp. KNNV Publishing, Utrecht.addendum
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ Coe, R.L. (1953) Diptera: Syrphidae. Handbks.ident.Br.insects, 10(1): 1-98. R.ent.Soc.London. pdf
  8. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  9. ↑ Peck, L.V. (1988) Syrphidae. In: Soos, A. & Papp, L. (eds.) Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera, 8: 11-230. Akad.Kiado, Budapest.
  10. ↑ Vockeroth, J. R. (1992). The Flower Flies of the Subfamily Syrphinae of Canada, Alaska, and Greenland (Diptera: Syrphidae). Part 18. The Insects and Arachnids of Canada. Ottawa, Ontario: Canadian Government Pub Centre. pp. 1–456. ISBN 0-660-13830-1.
  11. ↑ Rotheray, Graham E.; Gilbert, Francis (2011). The Natural History of Hoverflies. Tresaith: Forrest Text. pp. 1–348. ISBN 978-0956469212.
  12. ↑ Rotheray, Graham E. (1993). "Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae Diptera, Syrphidae in Britain and Europe" (PDF). Dipterists Digest. 1. Dipterists Forum. 9: 156. ISSN 0953-7260. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
  13. ↑ 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.


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