Pipizella viduata is a species of Hoverfly, from the family Syrphidae, in the order Diptera.

[1] External images For terms see Morphology of Diptera Wing length 3 ·7 5-5 ·25 mm Genitalia figured by Van Veen (refs), small species, basitarsi dusky or dark brown.

[2][3][4][5] Palearctic Fennoscandia South to Iberia and the Mediterranean basin.

Ireland East Europe into European Russia and the Caucasus then to Siberia.

[6][7] Woodland, scrub, dune grassland, heathland and unimproved pasture, grassy clearings in woodland Flowers visited include umbellifers, Euphorbia, Galium, Potentilla erecta.