Tropidia scita is a common Palearctic species of hoverfly associated with wetlands, ponds and ditches. The larvae have been recorded living in the basal sheaths of Typha.
Description External images For terms see Morphology of Diptera Wing length . Vein R4+5 is only slightly dipped into the underlying cell. Thorax dorsum shining black with some dusted parts. Tergites 2 and 3 yellow or orange with a black median stripe. Antennae dark, brown or black. Hind femora swollen and curved. See references for determination.Van Veen, M. (2004) Hoverflies of Northwest Europe: identification keys to the Syrphidae. 256pp. KNNV Publishing, Utrecht.addendumVan 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 Fennoscandia South to central France. Ireland East through Central Europe and then through Russia and the Caucasus. On to Siberia and the Russian Far East. Japan. Formosa.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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