Meligramma guttatum

External images For terms, see: Morphology of Diptera. Wing length 5 · 25–7 mm. Antennae black. Tibiae 1 and tarsi 1 partly dark-coloured. Thorax dorsum with 2 yellow spots just before scutellum, (which may be absent in the male). Marks on tergites 3 and 4 rectangular. The male genitalia are figured by Hippa (1968).^[3] Larva described and figured by Rotheray (1994).^[4]

See references for determination.^{[5] [6] [7][8]}

Palearctic: Fennoscandia South to the Pyrenees. Ireland East through North Europe and Central Europe into European Russia, the Russian Far East and Siberia to the Pacific coast (Sakhalin); Nearctic: from Alaska to Arizona.^{[9][10] [11]}

Habitat: Deciduous forest, field hedges with mature Fraxinus, mature Salix and Alnus carr.^[12] Flowers visited include white umbellifers, Epilobium angustifolium, Euonymus, Filipendula, Frangula alnus, Galium, Solidago.^[13] The flight period is June to August.