Xylota florum

Xylota florum is a Palearctic species of hoverfly.

Description
External images For terms see Morphology of Diptera Wing length 6 ·25-9 ·25 mm. Abdomen black with elongate yellow spots. Hind tibiae pale on basal third. Antero-dorsal hairs on the hind femora including many at least as long as half the depth of the hind femur, these longer hairs present on more than half the femur length. Anterior anepisternum dull, posterior anepisternum shiny. The male genitalia are figured by Hippa (1968). The larva is described by Rotheray (2004).

See references for determination.

Distribution
Palearctic Fennoscandia South to central France. Ireland eastwards Europe into Russia and the Caucasus then to Siberia.