About Sylvicola notatus (Hutton, 1902)
Sylvicola notatus (Hutton, 1902) was originally described by Hutton with the following characteristics: Overall body coloration is reddish-tawny, with the flagellum of the antennae colored dark-brown. The thorax bears five brown stripes, where the central middle stripe is shorter than the two lateral stripes; the scutellum and metanotum are brown. The tips of the femora and tibiae are brown. Halteres are pale-yellowish. Wings are pale brownish, with the pterostigma and the wing tip from the discal cell outwards colored darkish-brown. There is a distinct round white spot in the submarginal cell, and a second white spot touching the first that lies in the first posterior cell. A brown spot occurs in the anterior basal cell, and an additional brown spot sits on the main cross-vein. The posterior cross-vein is bordered with brown, and all veins are brown. This species reaches a body length of 6 millimetres, and has a wing length of 6 millimetres. This species is widely distributed across New Zealand.
