[4] External images For terms see Morphology of Diptera Wing length 6-7·25 mm.

Ranges from Fennoscandia South to Iberia and the Mediterranean basin, including North Africa.

From Ireland Eastwards through of Europe into European parts of Russia, Ukraine and the Caucasus mountains.

[11][12] Habitat:Wetland and deciduous forest, woodland streams and ponds including Salix carr.

Flowers visited include white umbellifers, Cornus, Filipendula, Galium, Sambucus, Senecio jacobaea.