Great Bustard Memorandum of Understanding Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, European Union, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, The Republic of Macedonia and Ukraine). As of August 2012, 13 range states have signed the MoU as well as a number of cooperating organizations. To implement the decision of the Fourth Conference of the Parties of CMS to list the great bustard ("Otis tarda") on Appendix II of the Convention as a consequence of its unfavourable conservation status and the conviction that the species could benefit from an international agreement for its conservation and management and the middle-European population on Appendix I of the
Xylota tarda Russia and the Caucasus then through Russia to Siberia and the Pacific coast (Kuril islands). Old woodland species running on the foliage of bushes and shrubs and on tree stumps and nearby bare ground. The larva has been found in sap runs at the base of the trunk of "Populus tremula" and in rotting wood of "Fagus". Xylota tarda Xylota tarda is a Palearctic species of hoverfly. External images For terms see Morphology of Diptera<br> Wing length 5·5-8·5 mm. Large red areas on black abdomen. Wing membrane not infuscated. Dorso-apical white bristle on metatarsus 1. Antero-dorsal pale hairs on the