Pipiza luteitarsis Zetterstedt 1843

• Main Authors: Vujić, Ante, Radenković, Sne Ž Ana, Polić, Dubravka
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2008
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Diptera; Syrphidae; Pipiza; Pipiza luteitarsis; Gora; Fennoscandia
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6228382; https://zenodo.org/record/6228382

Pipiza luteitarsis Zetterstedt, 1843 (Figs. 1, 6, 7, 11, 16, 21, 22) Material studied (18 ɗ 9 Ψ): Serbia: mountain Fruška gora (Stari Ledinci, 19.04. 1988, ɗ, leg. Radnović, 0 1.05. 1988, ɗ, leg. Vujić; Glavica, 25.04. 1989, ɗ, leg. Vujić); mountain Seličevica, 0 2.04.1989, 6ɗ, leg. Vujić; mountain Kopaonik (Srebrenac, 24.05. 1987, ɗ, leg. Vujić); marsh Obedska bara (Debela gora, 15.04. 1990, Ψ, leg. Vujić). Montenegro: mountain Durmitor (Sušičko jezero-Skakala, 31.05 - 01.06.1998, 6 ɗ 8 Ψ, leg. Vujić, 20.06.1998, 2ɗ leg. Vujić). In males of P. quadrimaculata the hairs on the thoracic pleura and abdomen are almost entirely black, whereas they are pale whitish-yellow in P. luteitarsis . Males of P. luteitarsis may only be reliably distinguished from P. accola by features of the terminalia at the moment (Figs. 21–24). Variability : pale area on basoflagellomere sometimes very small; some specimens with more black hairs on thorax; sternite 2 pale or all sternites unicolorous; tergite 2 with pair of yellow spots (Fig. 16); if they missing tergite with dusted marks; colour of legs variable, but front tarsi always pale. Distribution : Fennoscandia south to Belgium and France; from Ireland eastwards through central Europe (Alps) into European parts of Russia (Speight 2007). Ecology (based on Speight 2007): preferred environment: forest: deciduous forest; mature humid Fagus and acidophilous Quercus forest and woodland; also in mature suburban gardens. Adult habitat and habits: to a significant extent arboreal, flying at up to 5m from the ground round the foliage of mature trees and shrubs; settles on foliage of the lower branches of oak and beech at the edge of clearings and paths etc., and on bushes, e.g. Rubus fruticosus . Flowers visited: Euphorbia, Prunus , Ranunculus, Tussilago. Flight period: mid April/ end May, with occasional later records. Larva: described by Rotheray (1987) and illustrated in colour (Rotheray, 1994). The Balkan populations of P. luteitarsis are found at lower altitudes, from 0 up to 900m, in Quercus and Fagus woodlands. This species was recorded in only a few Balkan localities and belongs to a group of vulnerable insect species in Serbia. : Published as part of Vujić, Ante, Radenković, Sne Ž Ana & Polić, Dubravka, 2008, A review of the luteitarsis group of the genus Pipiza Fallén (Diptera: Syrphidae) with description of a new species from the Balkan Peninsula, pp. 33-46 in Zootaxa 1845 on page 40, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.183301 : {"references": ["Speight, M. C. D. (2007) Species accounts of European Syrphidae (Diptera), Espoo, 2007. In: Speight, M. C. D., Castella, E., Sarthou, J. - P. & Monteil, C. (eds.) Syrph the Net, the database of European Syrphidae. Syrph the Net publications, Dublin, vol. 55, 286 pp.", "Rotheray, G. E. (1987) The larvae and puparia of five species of aphidophagous Syrphidae (Diptera). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 123, 121 - 125.", "Rotheray, G. E. (1994) Colour guide to hoverfly larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe. Dipterists Digest, (1993), No. 9, 1 - 156."]}