The species in this genus are usually described as bee mimics and are one of the most abundant groups of hoverflies. This is one of the group of genera which have the R4+5 loop vein.
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical):
Ed Baker,
Katherine Bouton
Alice Heaton
Dimitris Koureas,
Laurence Livermore,
Dave Roberts,
Simon Rycroft,
Ben Scott,
Vince Smith
