Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Xylotini ?

Posted by mick on 01-07-2008 08:03
#1
I don't have much experience at Diptera, but I thought I'd be able to get what I presume to be a Xylotini species. Taken this week on the North Kent Coast in England, near ditches and saltmarsh, it is small Xylota size, probably about 10mm or less.
Thanks for any help, Mick.

Posted by crex on 01-07-2008 08:19
#2
I think it's Syritta pipiens.

Posted by mick on 01-07-2008 08:35
#3
Many thanks. I thought it was too chunky for Syritta pipiens and the pale patches at the base of the wings put me off too. This species is so ubiquitous it is not even illustrated in my 'Hoverflies of Surrey' book. How ignorant I am not to know it ! Thanks. M.