Gewhnliche Langbauchschwebfliege,

Description:

L: 9-12 mmdistinguishing feature: only one with wings not reaching end of tergite 4preys on aphids; migrating species, very commonPhylum: Arthropoda LATREILLE, 1829 (arthropods, Gliederfer)Subphylum: Hexapoda BLAINVILLE, 1816 (Sechsfer)Class: Insecta LINNAEUS, 1756 (insects, Insekten)Subclass: Pterygota LANG, 1888 (Fluginsekten)Infraclass: Neoptera MARTYNOV, 1923Order: Diptera LINNAEUS, 1758 (true flies, mosquitoes & gnats, Fliegen & Mcken)Suborder: Brachycera SCHINER, 1862Infraorder: Muscomorpha [Syn.: Cyclorrhapha]Superfamily: SyrphoideaFamily: Syrphidae SAMOUELLE, 1819 (hoverflies or flower flies, Schwebfliegen)Subfamily: Syrphinae SAMOUELLE, 1819 Tribus: Syrphini SAMOUELLE, 1819 Genus: Sphaerophoria LEPELETIER & SERVILLE, 1828 (Langbauchschwebfliegen)Sphaerophoria scripta LINNAEUS, 1758, male. (long hoverfly, Gewhnliche Langbauchschwebfliege)[det. "Ophrus", 2013, based on this photo]more info: www.naturespot.org.uk/species/long-hoverflymore info (German): www.natur-lexikon.com/Texte/HWG/002/00123-langbauchschebf...and: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gew%C3%B6hnliche_Langbauchschwebfliegetaonomical info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genera_of_SyrphidaeSE-Germany, Bavaria: vic. Regensburg, 24.07.2011IMG_3812