Pipizella viduata

Pipizella viduata is a species of Hoverfly, from the family Syrphidae, in the order Diptera.

Description

For terms see Morphology of Diptera
Wing length 3 ·7 5-5 ·25 mm Genitalia figured by Van Veen, small species, basitarsi dusky or dark brown.
See references for determination.

Distribution

Palearctic Fennoscandia South to Iberia and the Mediterranean basin. Ireland East Europe into European Russia and the Caucasus then to Siberia.

Biology

Woodland, scrub, dune grassland, heathland and unimproved pasture, grassy clearings in woodland Flowers visited include umbellifers, Euphorbia, Galium, Potentilla erecta. Flies April to October