Xylota jakutorum explained

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

Description

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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 ofthe 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]

Notes and References

1. Book: Stubbs, Alan E. . Falk, Steven J. . amp . 1983 . British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide. 253, xvpp . British Entomological & Natural History Society.
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). Syrph the Net, the database of European Syrphidae . 65 . 285pp .