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Xanthandrus comtus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Syrphidae

Scientific name
  
Xanthandrus comtus

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Diptera

Genus
  
Xanthandrus

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Xanthandrus, Platycheirus albimanus, Platycheirus scutatus, Platycheirus clypeatus, Syrphus vitripennis

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Xanthandrus comtus is a species of hoverfly. It is found in the Palearctic.

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Description

External images For terms see Morphology of Diptera
Wing length Wide abdomen with yellow marks.Thoracic dorsum polished black.Male with round marks on tergite 2 and confluent marks on tergites 3 and 4 (as a deeply incised band).Female with oval marks on tergite 2 and square marks on tergites 3 and 4.legs mainly orange.Antenne orange. Long black pterostigma.The male genitalia and larva are figured by Dusek and Laska (1967).. See references for determination.

Distribution

Palearctic Southern Norway South to Iberia.Ireland East through Central Europe and Southern Europe to Russia and the Caucasus and on to the Russian Far East and the Pacific coast; Japan; Formosa.

Biology

Habitat:Fagus, Quercus and Pinus forest and scrub. Flowers visited include umbellifers, Arbutus unedo, Filipendula, Juncus, Leontodon, Lonicera, Mentha aquatica, Rosa, Rubus, Succisa.

The larvae predate aphids and the caterpillars of various small moths including Tortricidae both on trees and low-growing plants. They are also predators of the caterpillars of the pine processionary moths Thaumetopoea pinivora and Thaumetopoea pityocampa.

References

Xanthandrus comtus Wikipedia