[1] External images For terms see Morphology of Diptera Shiny metallic green.

[4] [5] [6][7] Palearctic Fennoscandia and the Faroes South to Iberia and the Mediterranean basin.

Ireland eastwards through Europe to the Russian Far East and Siberia to the Pacific.

[8][9] Habitat: Wetland; mire, fen, marsh, pool and lake edge; along brooks in Quercus ilex forest in southern Europe.

[10] Flowers visited include Ranunculaceae, white umbellifers, Cochlearia, Convolvulus, Leontodon, Polygonum, Symphoricarpos and Valeriana.