Xylota jakutorum

Xylota jakutorum is a Palearctic species of hoverfly.[1]

Xylota jakutorum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Family:
Syrphidae
Genus:
Xylota
Species:
X. jakutorum
Binomial name
Xylota jakutorum
Bagachanova, 1980

Description

External images For terms see Morphology of Diptera
Antero-dorsal hairs on 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 [2] Van Veen provides an identification key.[3]

Distribution

Fennoscandia South to the Pyrenees and Italy, Ireland East through Central Europe to European Russia and on to Siberia.[4]

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References
  1. Stubbs, Alan E. & Falk, Steven J. (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide. British Entomological & Natural History Society. pp. 253, xvpp.
  2. Bartsch, H., Nielsen, T.R. & Speight, M.C.D. (2002) Reappraisal of Xylota caeruleiventris Zetterstedt, 1838, with remarks on the distribution of this species and X.jakutorum Bagatshanova, 1980 in Europe. Volucella, 6: 69-80.
  3. Van Veen, M. (2004) Hoverflies of Northwest Europe: identification keys to the Syrphidae. 256pp. KNNV Publishing, Utrecht.addendum
  4. Speight, M.C.D. (2011). "Species accounts of European Syrphidae (Diptera)" (PDF). Syrph the Net, the database of European Syrphidae. 65: 285pp.


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