Epistrophe eligans
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| Epistrophe eligans | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Genus: | Epistrophe |
| Species: | E. eligans |
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| Epistrophe eligans | |
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Epistrophe eligans is a European species of hoverfly.[2][3][4][5]
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For terms see Morphology of Diptera
Wing length 6·25-9·5 mm. Eyes bare. Stigma pale yellow. Tergite 4 with smaller yellow markings than tergite 3 or tergite 4 black.
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[7][8] The larva is illustrated by Rotheray (1993) [9] The male genitalia are figured by Dusek and Laska (1967).[10]
