Sphegina elegans

Sphegina elegans is a species of hoverfly.

Description

For terms see Morphology of Diptera
Wing length 5-6·75 mm. Humerus pale, yellow or orange. 3rd antennomere large. Mesonotum shining black, pollinose only on margins. Tarsi 1 and 2 pale. Wing hyaline. See references for determination.

Distribution

Palearctic Fennoscandia South to the Pyrenees and Spain. Ireland East through Central Europe and Southern Europe into European Russia to the Caucasus mountains. Also Samos.

Biology

Habitat: Fagus and Quercus and other woodland, flying in partial shade and near streams.