Volucella inanis
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| Volucella inanis | |
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| Male | |
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| Female on Succisa pratensis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Genus: | Volucella |
| Species: | V. inanis |
| Binomial name | |
| Volucella inanis | |
| Synonyms | |
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Volucella inanis is a species of hoverfly belonging to the family Syrphidae.[1]
This species is present in most of Europe, in eastern Palearctic realm, in the Near East and in North Africa.[2]
Description
The adults reach 15–17 mm (0.59–0.67 in) long. They have three yellow bands on an otherwise black abdomen and thus closely resemble wasps in a form of mimicry. The first two bands are completely or partially interrupted by a black wedge. The head has feather-like antennae and the wings have darkened patches in the middle and on the tip.
