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Epistrophe (genus)
Encyclopedia
Epistrophe is a genus
of hoverflies
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Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of hoverflies
Hoverfly
Hoverflies, sometimes called flower flies or syrphid flies, make up the insect family Syrphidae. As their common name suggests, they are often seen hovering or nectaring at flowers; the adults of many species feed mainly on nectar and pollen, while the larvae eat a wide range of foods...
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Species
- Epistrophe annulitarsis (Stackelberg, 1918)
- Epistrophe cryptica Doczkal & Schmid, 1994
- Epistrophe diaphana (ZetterstedtJohan Wilhelm ZetterstedtJohan Wilhelm Zetterstedt was a Swedish naturalist who worked mainly on Diptera and Hymenoptera.-Biography:Zetterstedt studied at the University of Lund, where he was a pupil of Anders Jahan Retzius. He received the title of professor in 1822 and succeeded Carl Adolph Agardh as professor of botany...
, 1843) - Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans is a Europen species of hoverfly....
(HarrisMoses HarrisMoses Harris was an English entomologist and engraver.In the Natural System of Colours he examined the work of Isaac Newton and tried to reveal the multitude of colours which can be created from three basic ones...
, 1780) - Epistrophe emarginata (SayThomas SayThomas Say was an American naturalist, entomologist, malacologist, herpetologist and carcinologist. A taxonomist, he is often considered to be the father of descriptive entomology in the United States. He described more than 1,000 new species of beetles and over 400 species of insects of other...
, 1823) - Epistrophe euchroma (KowarzFerdinand KowarzFerdinand Kowarz , was a Bohemian-Austrian entomologist who described many new species of Diptera mainly from central Europe...
), 1885) - Epistrophe flava Doczkal & Schmid, 1994
- Epistrophe grossulariaeEpistrophe grossulariaeEpistrophe grossulariae is a European species of hoverfly....
(MeigenJohann Wilhelm MeigenJohann Wilhelm Meigen was a German entomologist famous for his pioneering work on Diptera.-Early years:Meigen was born in Solingen, the fifth of eight children of Johann Clemens Meigen and Sibylla Margaretha Bick. His parents, though not poor, were not wealthy either. The ran a small shop in...
, 1822) - Epistrophe leiophthalma (Schiner & Egger, 1853)
- Epistrophe melanostoma (ZetterstedtJohan Wilhelm ZetterstedtJohan Wilhelm Zetterstedt was a Swedish naturalist who worked mainly on Diptera and Hymenoptera.-Biography:Zetterstedt studied at the University of Lund, where he was a pupil of Anders Jahan Retzius. He received the title of professor in 1822 and succeeded Carl Adolph Agardh as professor of botany...
, 1843) - Epistrophe metcalfi (Fluke, 1933)
- Epistrophe nitidicollis (MeigenJohann Wilhelm MeigenJohann Wilhelm Meigen was a German entomologist famous for his pioneering work on Diptera.-Early years:Meigen was born in Solingen, the fifth of eight children of Johann Clemens Meigen and Sibylla Margaretha Bick. His parents, though not poor, were not wealthy either. The ran a small shop in...
, 1822) - Epistrophe obscuripes (Strobl, 1910)
- Epistrophe ochrostoma (ZetterstedtJohan Wilhelm ZetterstedtJohan Wilhelm Zetterstedt was a Swedish naturalist who worked mainly on Diptera and Hymenoptera.-Biography:Zetterstedt studied at the University of Lund, where he was a pupil of Anders Jahan Retzius. He received the title of professor in 1822 and succeeded Carl Adolph Agardh as professor of botany...
, 1849) - Epistrophe terminalis (Curran, 1925)
- Epistrophe xanthostoma (Williston, 1887)