Species details

Dasysyrphus pauxillus (Williston, 1887)

Nomenclature

Added to rge British list by Rabarts (2011).

Biology

Members of the genus Dasysyrphus are aphidophagous but, as yet, the larva of D. pauxillus is unknown. Adults appear to be associated with conifer plantations.

Distribution

It has already been recorded from two sites in the Brecks of East Anglia. This was a North American species that has been spreading west across Europe and its arrival in the UK had been expected.