Summary description from Wikipedia:

Epistrophe in languages:

Czech

pestřenka

Finnish

keltakirvarit

Hungarian

rétizengőlegyek

Japanese

オビヒラタアブ属

Swedish

brynblomflugor

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Parent Taxon

• Syrphidae

Sibling Taxa

• Afrosyrphus
• Allobaccha
• Allograpta
• Antillus
• Anu
• Asarkina
• Asiobaccha
• Asiodidea
• Atylobaccha
• Austroscaeva
• Betasyrphus
• Calostigma
• Chrysotoxum
• Citrogramma
• Dasysyrphus
• Didea
• Dideoides
• Dideomima
• Dideopsis
• Dioprosopa
• Doros
• Eosalpingogaster
• Eosphaerophoria
• Epistrophe
• Epistrophella
• Episyrphus
• Eriozona
• Eupeodes
• Exallandra
• Fazia
• Flavizona
• Fragosa
• Giluwea
• Hybobathus
• Hypocritanus
• Ischiodon
• Lapposyrphus
• Leucozona
• Maiana
• Megasyrphus
• Melangyna
• Meligramma
• Meliscaeva
• Mimocalla
• Nuntianus
• Ocyptamus
• Orphnabaccha
• Paragus
• Parasyrphus
• Pelecinobaccha
• Philhelius
• Pipunculosyrphus
• Pseudodoros
• Pseudoscaeva
• Relictanum
• Rhinobaccha
• Rhinoprosopa
• Salpingogaster
• Scaeva
• Simosyrphus
• Sphaerophoria
• Syrphus
• Toxomerus
• Victoriana
• Xanthogramma

Child Taxa

• Epistrophe annulitarsis
• Epistrophe bifasciata
• Epistrophe cryptica
• Epistrophe diaphana
• Epistrophe eligans
• Epistrophe flava
• Epistrophe grossulariae
• Epistrophe kastenholzi
• Epistrophe leiophthalma
• Epistrophe melanostoma
• Epistrophe metcalfi
• Epistrophe morna
• Epistrophe nitidicollis
• Epistrophe obscuripes
• Epistrophe ochrostoma
• Epistrophe olgae
• Epistrophe terminalis
• Epistrophe trifasciata
• Epistrophe xanthostoma

Top Observation Places

• Vienna
• Ottakring
• Meidling
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