Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Syrphidae Scientific name Xylota jakutorum | Phylum Arthropoda Order Diptera Genus Xylota Rank Species | |
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Similar Xylota sylvarum, Melanogaster hirtella, Orthonevra nobilis, Pipiza luteitarsis, Sphaerophoria interrupta | ||
Description
External images For terms see Morphology of Diptera
Antero-dorsal hairs on the of the hind femora all shorter than half of the maximum depth of femur, longer hairs confined to the basal 1/5 of the femur length; posterior anepisternum dusted. Bartsch et al. figure the genitalia of jakutorum and the closely similar Xylota caeruleiventris Van Veen provides an identification key.
Distribution
Fennoscandia South to the Pyrenees and Italy Ireland East through Central Europe to European Russia and on to Siberia.
References
Xylota jakutorum Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA