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Species Epistrophe nitidicollis

Epistrophe nitidicollis Epistrophe nitidicollis Eupeodes ? - Epistrophe nitidicollis - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Aschiza")
Family Syrphidae (Hover Flies)
Subfamily Syrphinae
Tribe Syrphini
Genus Epistrophe
Species nitidicollis (Epistrophe nitidicollis)
Explanation of Names
Epistrophe nitidicollis (Meigen 1822)
Size
9.3-13 mm(1)
Range
across North America south to California and South Carolina(1)
Works Cited
1.The flower flies of the subfamily Syrphinae of Canada, Alaska, and Greenland, Diptera: Syrphidae
Vockeroth J.R. 1992. The insects and arachnids of Canada, Pt. 18. Ottawa: Agriculture Canada. 456 pp.