Kingdom Animalia Family Syrphidae Genus Xanthogramma Order Fly | Class Insecta Phylum Arthropoda Rank Species | |
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Similar Xanthogramma, Fly, Xanthogramma pedissequum, Anasimyia, Platycheirus rosarum | ||
Xanthogramma citrofasciatum vz cn pest enka
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..
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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.
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.
References
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