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Species Epistrophe grossulariae

unknown syrphini - Epistrophe grossulariae - male

Syrphid fly ? - Epistrophe grossulariae - female

unknown syrphid 1 - Epistrophe grossulariae - male

Diptera. Syrphidae. Eristalis. - Epistrophe grossulariae - female

ID requested, thank you. - Epistrophe grossulariae

Drone fly sp.? - Epistrophe grossulariae

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 grossulariae (Epistrophe grossulariae)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Syrphus grossulariae Meigen 1822

Explanation of Names

Epistrophe (Epistrophe) grossulariae (Meigen 1822)

Identification

"Fairly distinctive as a moderately large species with neat parallel bands on tergites 2 and 3 with the yellow uniformly reaching the front edge." -- UK Nature (distinctive therefore means relative to other British species)

Range

Holarctic

Contributed by tom murray on 6 September, 2005 - 3:32pm
Additional contributions by Vox Sciurorum, v belov
Last updated 18 December, 2014 - 9:27am

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