Xylota abiens is a European species of hoverfly.Fauna Europaea
Description External images For terms see Morphology of Diptera The wing length is 6-8·25 mm. Abdomen black with yellow squarish spots. Thorax (dorsum) completely) pale haired and shining without bloom. Hind tibia darkened except at base. See references for determination.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
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. 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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