Epistrophe
Walker, 1852
hoverfly, flower fly
Species Guides
3- Epistrophe grossulariae(Black-horned Smoothtail)
- Epistrophe nitidicollis(Straight-banded Smoothtail)
- Epistrophe xanthostoma(Emarginate Smoothtail)
Epistrophe is a of hoverflies (Syrphidae) in the Syrphinae, tribe Syrphini. are medium-sized, often -mimicking, with dark and variable yellow abdominal markings. The genus is distributed across the Palearctic and Nearctic regions, with seven species recorded in Britain and at least three in northern Iran. are flower visitors in spring, particularly associated with trees and shrubs. Larvae are on woody plants.
Pronunciation
How to pronounce Epistrophe: /ɛˈpɪs.trə.fi/
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Distribution
Palearctic and Nearctic regions. Widely distributed across Europe, extending east to the Caucasus and northern Iran. Present in North America (Nearctic). Common in southern England and Wales, reaching northern England and central and coastal Scotland; evidence of northward range expansion. Recorded from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Vermont, USA.
Sources and further reading
- BugGuide
- Wikipedia
- GBIF taxonomy match
- iNaturalist taxon
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Catalogue of Life
- Genus Epistrophe Walker, 1852 (Insects: Diptera: Syrphidae) in Northern Iran, with a new species record
- NOMENCLATURAL NOTES ON NEARCTIC SYRPHINAE, WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES OF SYRPHUS AND KEYS TO NEARCTIC SPECIES OF DIDEA, EPISTROPHE S. STR., AND SYRPHUS (DIPTERA: SYRPHIDAE)
- The genome sequence of a hoverfly, Epistrophe eligans (Harris, 1780).
- The genome sequence of the hoverfly, Epistrophella euchroma (Kowarz, 1885).