Epistrophe (fly)

Epistrophe
	Epistrophe eligans male
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Syrphidae
Tribe:	Syrphini
Genus:	Epistrophe; Walker, 1852
Subgenus
	Epistrophe Walker, 1852;

Epistrophe is a genus of flies in the family Syrphidae, the hoverflies or flower flies.^[1]

These are medium-sized flies that live in forest habitat, where they occur on forest edges and in openings. The larvae are usually flat and green, blending in with foliage. The larvae are often predators of aphids, and adult females may lay their eggs in aphid colonies to provide the larvae with a food source. After an eight-day larval stage the juvenile fly enters diapause and then pupates the following spring.^[2]

Species

There are nearly 75 species in the genus.^[2] Species include:

Epistrophe annulitarsis (Stackelberg, 1918)
Epistrophe cryptica Doczkal & Schmid, 1994
Epistrophe diaphana (Zetterstedt, 1843)
Epistrophe eligans (Harris, 1780)^[3]
Epistrophe flava Doczkal & Schmid, 1994
Epistrophe grossulariae (Meigen, 1822)
Epistrophe leiophthalma (Schiner & Egger, 1853)
Epistrophe melanostoma (Zetterstedt, 1843)
Epistrophe metcalfi (Fluke, 1933)
Epistrophe nitidicollis (Meigen, 1822)
Epistrophe obscuripes (Strobl, 1910)
Epistrophe ochrostoma (Zetterstedt, 1849)
Epistrophe terminalis (Curran, 1925)
Epistrophe xanthostoma (Williston, 1887)

References

^ Stubbs, A. E. and S. J. Falk. (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide. British Entomological & Natural History Society. pp. 253, xvpp.
^ ^a ^b Kazerani, F., et al. (2014). Genus Epistrophe Walker, 1852 (Insects: Diptera: Syrphidae) in Northern Iran, with a new species record. Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine Check List 10(1) 160-63.
^ Harris, M. (1780). An exposition of English insects. Vol. Decads III, IV. London: Robson Co. pp. 73–99, 100–138, pls. 21–30, 31–40. Retrieved 16 July 2021.

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[1] Stubbs, A. E. and S. J. Falk. (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide. British Entomological & Natural History Society. pp. 253, xvpp.

[kaze-2] Kazerani, F., et al. (2014). Genus Epistrophe Walker, 1852 (Insects: Diptera: Syrphidae) in Northern Iran, with a new species record. Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine Check List 10(1) 160-63.

[Harris1780-3] Harris, M. (1780). An exposition of English insects. Vol. Decads III, IV. London: Robson Co. pp. 73–99, 100–138, pls. 21–30, 31–40. Retrieved 16 July 2021.

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