Syritta pipiens: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Syritta pipiens lives – recorded in 21 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Syritta pipiens
Group	Grasshoppers, bugs & other insects
Found in	21 countries
Continents	Asia, Europe, North America
Class	Insect
Order	Diptera
Family	Syrphidae

Where does the Syritta pipiens live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Syritta pipiens in 21 countries and territories across Asia, Europe and North America.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

What kind of animal is the Syritta pipiens?

The Syritta pipiens (Syritta pipiens) is an insect in the order Diptera and the family Syrphidae, genus Syritta. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Syritta pipiens

Syritta pipiens, sometimes called the thick-legged hoverfly, is one of the most common species in the insect family Syrphidae. This fly originates from Europe and is currently distributed across Eurasia and North America. They are fast and nimble fliers, and their larvae are found in wet, rotting organic matter such as garden compost, manure, and silage. The species is also commonly found in human-created environments such as most farmland, gardens, and urban parks, wherever there are flowers. This species is an important part of its native ecosystem as adult Syritta pipiens flies are critical pollinators for a variety of flowering plants and the species supports parasitism by various parasitic wasp species. Thus, they play an important role in environmental functionality, and can serve as bio-indicators, in which their abundance can reflect the health of the environment. Syritta pipiens looks like many predatory hoverfly species, yet is not predatory.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Syritta pipiens (revision 1368050252), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q910222 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).