Epistrophe

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Antliophora
Ordo: Diptera
Subordo: Brachycera
Infraordo: Muscomorpha
Sectio: Aschiza
Superfamilia: Syrphoidea

Familia: Syrphidae
Subfamilia: Syrphinae
Tribus: Syrphini
Genus: Epistrophe
Species: E. jilinensis – E. melatarsis
References

Hao, X.-L.; Huo, K.-K.; Ren, B.-Z. 2012: Two new species of Epistrophe from Jilin Province (Diptera, Syrphidae). Acta zootaxonomica sinica 37(1): 199–202. Abstract and full article (PDF) Reference page.

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 emarginata (Say, 1823)
Epistrophe euchroma (Kowarz), 1885) =Meligramma euchroma (Kowarz), 1885 Palearctic Europe East to Siberia.
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.
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.