Xylota

Xylota is a Holarctic genus of hoverflies similar in structure to the related genera Chalcosyrphus and Brachypalpoides. As the larvae are saprophytic they're usually found in rotting wood. The adult flies are generally associated with woodland and woodland edges and can often be seen running over the upper sides of leaves. Unlike other syrphids the adults of many species rarely visit flowers preferring instead to gather pollen from leaf surfaces. There are over 100 described species of which 12 can be found in Europe. Seven species have been recorded in Britain. Identification of species has been difficult and identification by photographs is risky.

==Species== Xylota abiens Meigen, 1822 Xylota abosa Séguy, 1948 Xylota aeneimaculata Meijere, 1908 Xylota amaculata Yang & Cheng, 1998 Xylota amylostigma Yang & Cheng, 1998 Xylota analis Williston, 1887 Xylota angustata Hippa, 1978 Xylota angustiventris Loew, 1866 Xylota annulifera Bigot, 1884 Xylota argoi Shannon, 1926 Xylota armipes (Sack, 1922) Xylota atricoloris Mutin, 1987 Xylota atroparva Hippa, 1974 Xylota auronitens Brunetti, 1908 Xylota azurea (Fluke, 1953) Xylota barbata Loew, 1864 Xylota bicincta (Szilády, 1940) Xylota bicolor Loew, 1864 Xylota bimaculata (Shiraki, 1930) Xylota bistriata Brunetti, 1915 Xylota boninensis Shiraki, 1963 Xylota brachygaster Williston, 1892 Xylota brachypalpoides (Shiraki, 1930) Xylota brunettii Curran, 1928 Xylota brunnipes Shiraki, 1968 Xylota caeruleiventris Zetterstedt, 1838 Xylota caerulifrons Bigot, 1884 Xylota carbonaria Brunetti, 1923 Xylota chalcopyga Hippa, 1978 Xylota coeruleopicta Hippa, 1978 Xylota conformis Walker, 1857 Xylota confusa Shannon, 1926 Xylota coquilletti Hervé-Bazin, 1914 Xylota cupreiventris Brunetti, 1923 Xylota cuprina Bigot, 1885 Xylota cupripurpura Huo, Zhang & Zheng, 2004 Xylota danieli Mutin & Ichige, 2014 Xylota discolor (Hippa, 1985) Xylota dolini (Kassebeer, 2000) Xylota ejuncida Say, 1824 Xylota ferratus (Hippa, 1985) Xylota filipjevi (Stackelberg, 1952) Xylota flavifacies (Shiraki, 1930) Xylota flavifrons Walker, 1849 Xylota flavipes (Sack, 1927) Xylota flavitarsis Macquart, 1846 Xylota flavitibia Bigot, 1884 Xylota florum (Fabricius, 1805) Xylota flukei (Curran, 1941) Xylota fo Hull, 1944 Xylota formosana Matsumura, 1916 Xylota frontalis (Shiraki & Edashige, 1953) Xylota furcata Hippa, 1982 Xylota hancocki Curran, 1927 Xylota heinrichi (Hippa, 1986) Xylota hinei (Curran, 1941) Xylota hisamatsui (Shiraki & Edashige, 1953) Xylota honghe Huo, Zhang & Zheng, 2004 Xylota ignava (Panzer, 1798) Xylota impensa He & Zhang, 1997 Xylota iriana Hippa, 1978 Xylota isokoae Shiraki, 1968 Xylota jakutorum Bagatshanova, 1980 Xylota lapsa (Mutin, 1990) Xylota lea Hippa, 1978 Xylota lenta Meigen, 1822 Xylota lovetti Curran, 1925 Xylota maculabstrusa Yang & Cheng, 1998 Xylota makiana (Shiraki, 1930) Xylota meigeniana Stackelberg, 1964 Xylota micrura (Curran, 1941) Xylota mimica (Hull, 1941) Xylota morna Curran, 1931 Xylota naknek Shannon, 1926 Xylota nartshukae Bagatshanova, 1984 Xylota neavei (Hippa, 1978) Xylota nebulosa Johnson, 1921 Xylota nigroaenescens Rondani, 1875 Xylota nitidula (Fluke, 1939) Xylota novaeguineae Hippa, 1978 Xylota nursei Brunetti, 1923 Xylota ouelleti (Curran, 1941) Xylota pectinatus (Hippa, 1985) Xylota pendleburyi Curran, 1928 Xylota penicillata Brunetti, 1923 Xylota perarmata (Hippa, 1985) Xylota pernigra (Hippa, 1985) Xylota philippinica Mutin & Gilbert, 1999 Xylota pilosus (Hippa, 1985) Xylota planiformis (Hull, 1941) Xylota plumipes (Hippa, 1985) Xylota processifera Hippa, 1978 Xylota protrudens (Hippa, 1985) Xylota puella Becker, 1921 Xylota quadrimaculata Loew, 1866 Xylota rufiseta Hippa, 1982 Xylota satyrus (Keiser, 1971) Xylota scutellarmata Lovett, 1919 Xylota segnis (Linnaeus, 1758) Xylota semulater (Harris, 1780) Xylota setigera Hippa, 1982 Xylota setosa (Keiser, 1971) Xylota sibirica (Loew, 1871) Xylota sichotana Mutin, 1985 Xylota silvicola Mutin, 1987 Xylota simplex (Shiraki, 1930) Xylota spinipes Curran, 1928 Xylota splendens Shiraki, 1968 Xylota spurivulgaris Yang & Cheng, 1998 Xylota stenogaster Williston, 1892 Xylota steyskali Thompson, 1975 Xylota stylata Hull, 1944 Xylota subfasciata Loew, 1866 Xylota suecica (Ringdahl, 1943) Xylota sylvarum (Linnaeus, 1758) Xylota taibaishanensis He & Chu, 1997 Xylota talyshensis Hauser, 1998 Xylota tarda Meigen, 1822 Xylota tenulonga Yang & Cheng, 1998 Xylota triangularis Zetterstedt, 1838 Xylota tridens (Hippa, 1985) Xylota tuberculata (Curran, 1941) Xylota uluguruensis (Hippa, 1978) Xylota umbrosa Violovitsh, 1975 Xylota unica Violovich, 1977 Xylota violaceus (Hippa, 1985) Xylota vulcana (Hippa, 1978) Xylota willistoni Goot, 1964 Xylota xanthocnema Collin, 1939 Xylota zeya Mutin & Gilbert, 1999