Sphaerophoria interrupta

Sphaerophoria interrupta is a Palearctic species of hoverfly.

Description

For terms see Morphology of Diptera

Wing length 4·5-6·25 mm. Tergites 2–4 with pairs of spots, which may merge in the middle and hairs on lateral margin of tergites 3-5 pale. Genitalia figured by Verinden Verlinden, L. . See references for determination.

Distribution

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