Xylota abiens

Xylota abiens is a European species of hoverfly.

Description

For terms see Morphology of Diptera
The wing length is 6-8·25 mm. Abdomen black with yellow squarish spots. Thorax pale haired and shining without bloom. Hind tibia darkened except at base.
See references for determination.

Distribution

Palearctic. Denmark South to the Pyrenees. Ireland East through Central Europe, northern Italy and Yugoslavia into Russia and the Caucasus and on as far as the Russian Far East and the Pacific coast.