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Heringia senilis Sack, 1938

Identification

Identification difficulty = 5. microscope_icon camera_icon_cross according to Ball & Morris, 20241

Synonymy

Separated from Heringia heringi by Jones (2002)2 on the basis of minor differences in the male genitalia. It is not accepted to be a distinct species by some European authorities.

Biology

This species is reported to have been bred from the galls formed in Poplar Populus leaf petioles as a result of the aphid Pemphigus populitransversus. Adults are rarely reported and seem to be more readily recorded by breeding from larvae in poplar leaf galls.

Distribution

There is a scatter of records that do not fully reflect the known distribution of this species. We know of records from London and from Peterborough but have not got the records as yet.

  1. Ball, S., & Morris, R. (2024). Hoverflies of Britain and Ireland. WILDGuides (3rd ed.). Oxford: Princeton University Press. ↩

  2. Jones, R. (2002). Heringia senilis Sack (Diptera, Syrphidae): a hoverfly new to Britain. British Journal of Entomology and Natural History, 14, 185–194. ↩