Heringia vitripennis is a Palearctic species of hoverfly.
Description External images For terms see Morphology of DipteraLateral dust spots on frons conspicuous. 3rd antennomere (basoflagellomere) elongate, 2–3 times as long as broad. Male coxa 2 and trochanter 3 without spurs. Abdomen tergites black. Abdomen elongated. 1 with a shiny, pale pit; 2 without keel. Thorax dorsum with long white hairs. Face mostly black-haired. The male genitalia are figured by Delucchi and Pschorn-Walcher (1955).Delucchi, V. & Pschorn-Walcher, H. (1955) Les especes du genre Cnemodon Egger (Diptera, Syrphidae) predatrices de Dreyfusia (Adelges) piceae Ratz., Hem. Adelgidae). 1. Revision systematique et repartition geographique des especes du genre Cnemodon Egger. Z.angew.Ent., 37: 492-506. Delucchi et al. (1957) figure the larva.Delucchi, V., Pschorn-Walcher, H. & Zwolfer, H. (1957) Morphologie und Biologie von Cnemodon dreyfusiae D. & P.W. nebst Beobachtungen uber C.latitarsis Egger. Z.angew.Ent., 41:246-259. See references for determination Van Veen, M. (2004) Hoverflies of Northwest Europe: identification keys to the Syrphidae. 256pp. KNNV Publishing, Utrecht.addendum Van der Goot, V.S. (1981) De zweefvliegen van Noordwest - Europa en Europees Rusland, in het bijzonder van de Benelux. KNNV, Uitgave no.32: 275pp. Amsterdam. Bei-Bienko, G.Y. & Steyskal, G.C. (1988) Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR, Volume V: Diptera and Siphonaptera, Part I. Amerind Publishing Co., New Delhi. .Coe, R.L. (1953) Diptera: Syrphidae. Handbks.ident.Br.insects, 10(1): 1-98. R.ent.Soc.London. pdf
Biology A woodland species (conifer forest and plantation, deciduous forest (Quercus, Carpinus, Ulmus), suburban parks and gardens. Arboreal but visits flowers of white umbellifers, Euphorbia, Potentilla, Prunus serotina, Rosa, Rubus fruticosus and Salix.de Buck, N. (1990) Bloembezoek en bestuivingsecologie van Zweefvliegen (Diptera, Syrphidae) in het bijzonder voor België. Doc.Trav. IRSNB, no.60, 1–167. The larvae are predacious on adelgid aphids. The flight period is May to September.
Distribution Palearctic Southern Sweden to central France. Ireland eastwards through North Europe and Central Europe into Russia and on to the Russian Far East and Siberia to the Pacific coast.Fauna EuropaeaPeck, L.V. (1988) Syrphidae. In: Soos, A. & Papp, L. (eds.) Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera, 8: 11-230. Akad.Kiado, Budapest.
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