Riponnensia splendens

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Description

This is the only species of its genus in the UK. The thorax is a greenish copper with two grey stripes. There is a broad belt of whitish dusting across the face.

Identification difficulty
Habitat

It prefers marshes, fens and wet woodland, and particularly favours Meadowsweet and umbellifers, in sheltered places near to bushes or trees.

When to see it

Flies from May to October with a peak in July.

UK Status

Common in southern England, the Midlands and Wales, scarcer in Scotland.

VC55 Status

Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland.

  • David Nicholls
    Martinshaw Wood
    29 June 2007
    male
  • David Nicholls
    Ratby
    24 May 2014
  • David Gould
    The Spearwort Fields
    22 July 2018
    broad dust band below antennae
  • Graham Calow
    Sapcote garden1
    05 July 2012
  • David Nicholls
    Ratby
    24 May 2014
  • Paul Ruddoch
    Melton Country Park
    15 September 2015
  • David Gould
    The Spearwort Fields
    22 October 2016
    female

Leicestershire & Rutland Map

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UK Map

Species data profile ?

Species profile

Species group:
Hoverflies
Kingdom:
Animalia
Order:
Diptera
Family:
Syrphidae
Records on NatureSpot:
21
First record:
29/06/2007 (Nicholls, David)
Last record:
14/06/2024 (Pochin, Christine)

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% of records within its species group

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  • egaten
    Thurlaston garden
    27 August 2018
  • David Gould
    The Spearwort Fields
    22 July 2018
  • David Gould
    The Spearwort Fields
    22 July 2018
  • David Gould
    The Spearwort Fields
    22 October 2016
    female
  • David Gould
    The Spearwort Fields
    22 October 2016
    female
  • David Nicholls
    Martinshaw Wood
    29 June 2007
    male
  • egaten
    Thurlaston garden
    27 August 2018
  • David Gould
    The Spearwort Fields
    22 July 2018