Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods) ➔ Class Insecta (Insects) ➔ Order Diptera (True flies) ➔ Family Syrphidae (Hoverflies)

Pipiza fenestrata Meigen, 1822

  • Pipiza cf. fenestrata, male 851
    Pipiza fenestrata Meigen, 1822     
    Pipiza cf. fenestrata, male, det. Andre
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald; 2009-07-26 13:11:48
    Image number: 851
    male
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
    2009-07-26 13:11:48
    det. Andre
  • Pipiza cf. fenestrata, male 1295
    Pipiza fenestrata Meigen, 1822     
    Pipiza cf. fenestrata, male, det. Andre
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald; 2009-07-26 13:11:34
    Image number: 1295
    male
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
    2009-07-26 13:11:34
    det. Andre
  • Pipiza cf. fenestrata, male 1296
    Pipiza fenestrata Meigen, 1822     
    Pipiza cf. fenestrata, male, det. Andre
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald; 2009-07-26 13:09:53
    Image number: 1296
    male
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
    2009-07-26 13:09:53
    det. Andre

Distribution:
Central Europe.
Habitat:
Deciduous forests on mineral-rich soils.
Description:
Predominantly black colored fly with a body length 8 - 10.5 mm; abdomen with a pair of large white-yellow spots on the 2nd tergite, often with a smaller pair on the 3rd tergite; wings with a more or less pronounced dark spot with a diffuse outer border; males: eyes meet (holoptic); females: eyes widely separated (dichoptic).
There are a few similar species.
Biology:
Pipiza fenestrata flies in the Netherlands in one generation in spring and in a second smaller generation in late summer. Pipiza fenestrata may be found deeper in the forest than other Pipiza species.
Its preimaginal stages (eggs, larvae and pupae) are unknown.

References, further reading, links:
  1. Pape T. & Thompson F.C. (eds) (2017). Systema Dipterorum (version 2.0, Jan 2011). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2017 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds.). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2017. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X.
  2. Menno Reemer, Willem Renema, Wouter van Steenis, Theo Zeegers, Aat Barendregt, John T. Smit, Mark P. van Veen, Jeroen van Steenis, Laurens van der Leij: De Nederlandse Zweefvliegen (Diptera: Syrphidae), Nederlandse Fauna 8, 2009.