Appearance
For terms see Morphology of Diptera Wing length is 7–9 mm. There is no posteroventral tubercle at base of Femur 3. Face is convex. Occiput has yellow hairs only. Reemer figures the male genitalia. The larva is figured by HartleySee references for determination.
Distribution
Palearctic Southern Fennoscandia South to Iberia and the Mediterranean basin. Ireland East through Europe into Turkey and European Russia then to western Siberia.Behavior
Habitat: Wetland. Fen, marsh and reed beds. Flowers visited include white umbellifers, ''Aegopodium podagraria'', ''Cardamine'', ''Cistus'', ''Crataegus'', ''Euphorbia'', ''Filipendula ulmaria'', ''Galium'', ''Leontodon'', ''Sorbus aucuparia''. Flies May to August. The larvae is aquatic. It has been collected from decaying rhizomes of ''Typha''.References:
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