Brachyopa vittata (Zetterstedt, 1843)

Prokhorov, A. V., Popov, G. V. & Zaika, M. I., 2018, New Records Of Hoverflies (Diptera, Syrphidae) From Ukraine. Ii. Brachyopini And Merodontini, Vestnik Zoologii 52 (2), pp. 125-136 : 128

Brachyopa vittata (Zetterstedt, 1843) (FIg. 9)

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d. Ukraine. Ivano-Frankivsk Region: Elmy , 10 km WSW Yaremche, 48.43 N 24.43

E, h = 800 m, 13.08.2004, 2 Ơ (G. Popov).

D i s t r i b u t i o n. Norway, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Hungary, Russia (North and Central European territory, Southern Siberia, Far East) ( Peck, 1988; Vujić, 1991; Holinka & Mazánek, 1997; Tóth, 2011; Speight, 2013, 2017; Mielczarek, 2018), Ukraine (first record).

Diagnosis. It can be easily differentiated from other similar species by its bigger size and scutum “extensively brown/yellow-brown, at least laterally and anterior to the scutellum (elsewhere greyish-brown)” ( Speight & Sarthou, 2017).