Sphegina montana is a species of hoverfly from Central and Northern Europe. It is absent from Great Britain and Ireland.[4] The face is normally all black; body length is 5–6 mm.[4]

References

  1. ^ Becker, T. (1921). "Neue Dipteren meiner Sammlung". Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin. 10 (1): 1–93. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  2. ^ Stackelberg, A. A. (1953). "Kratkiy obzor palearkticheskikh vidov roda Sphegina Mb. (Diptera, Syrphidae)". Proceedings of the Zoological Institute, Leningrad (in Russian). 13. Leningrad: 373–386.
  3. ^ Goeldlin de Tiefenau, P. (1974). "Contribution à l'étude systematique et ecologique des Syrphidae (Dipt.) de la Suisse occidentale". Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologische Gesellschaft. 47 ((3-4)): 151–252.
  4. ^ a b Van Veen, M.P. (2004). Hoverflies of Northwest Europe, Identification Keys to the Syrphidae (Hardback). Utrecht: KNNV Publishing. p. 254. ISBN 90-5011-199-8.