Xylota jakutorum is a Palearctic species of hoverfly.[2]
Description
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Antero-dorsal hairs on the hind femora all shorter than half of the maximum depth of femur, longer hairs confined to the basal 1/5 of the femur length; posterior anepisternum dusted. Bartsch et al. figure the genitalia of jakutorum and the closely similar Xylota caeruleiventris [3] Van Veen provides an identification key.[4]
Distribution
Fennoscandia South to the Pyrenees and Italy, Ireland East through Central Europe to European Russia and on to Siberia.[5]
References
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^ Bagachanova, A.K. (1980). "New species of Syrphidae (Diptera) from Central Yakutia". Entomologicheskoi Obozrenie. 59 (2): 421–427.
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^ Stubbs, Alan E. & Falk, Steven J. (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide. British Entomological & Natural History Society. pp. 253, xvpp.
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^ Bartsch, H., Nielsen, T.R. & Speight, M.C.D. (2002) Reappraisal of Xylota caeruleiventris Zetterstedt, 1838, with remarks on the distribution of this species and X.jakutorum Bagatshanova, 1980 in Europe. Volucella, 6: 69-80.
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^ Van Veen, M. (2004) Hoverflies of Northwest Europe: identification keys to the Syrphidae. 256pp. KNNV Publishing, Utrecht.addendum
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^ Speight, M.C.D. (2011). "Species accounts of European Syrphidae (Diptera)" (PDF). Syrph the Net, the database of European Syrphidae. 65: 285pp.