Phylum: Arthropoda LATREILLE, 1829 (arthropods, Gliederfer)Subphylum: Hexapoda BLAINVILLE, 1816 (Sechsfer)Class: Insecta LINNAEUS, 1758 (insects, Insekten)Subclass: Pterygota LANG, 1888 (Fluginsekten)Infraclass: Neoptera MARTYNOV, 1923Order: Diptera LINNAEUS, 1758 (true flies, mosquitoes & gnats, Zweiflgler)Suborder: Brachycera SCHINER, 1862 Infraorder: Muscomorpha [Syn.: Cyclorrhapha]Superfamily: SyrphoideaFamily: Syrphidae SAMOUELLE, 18191 (hoverflies, Schwebfliegen)Subfamily Syrphinae SAMOUELLE, 1819Tribus Syrphini SAMOUELLE, 1819Genus
Epistrophe WALKER, 1852
Epistrophe eligans HARRIS, 1780[detr. J. Schwarz, 2018, based on this photo]some info:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epistrophe_eligansthe larva feeds on aphids; you may see here (photo by Barbol):
www.flickr.com/photos/10770266@N04/3553306477/ and (by D. Hobern):
www.flickr.com/photos/dhobern/2944038730/Central Germany, N-Hesse, Kassel: Dnche NP, ca. 180m asl, 02.06.2013IMG_0201
