Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods) ➔ Class Insecta (Insects) ➔ Order Diptera (True flies) ➔ Family Syrphidae (Hoverflies)

Brachyopa sp. Meigen, 1822

  • Brachyopa sp., mating 4524
    Brachyopa sp. Meigen, 1822     
    Brachyopa sp., mating, det. Stephane Lebrun
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald; 2011-04-23 12:43:41
    Image number: 4524
    mating
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
    2011-04-23 12:43:41
    det. Stephane Lebrun
  • Brachyopa sp. 6922
    Brachyopa sp. Meigen, 1822     
    Brachyopa sp.
    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz; 2014-04-23 10:26:41
    Image number: 6922

    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz
    2014-04-23 10:26:41
  • Brachyopa sp. 4525
    Brachyopa sp. Meigen, 1822     
    Brachyopa sp.
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald; 2010-04-25 11:00:56
    Image number: 4525

    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald
    2010-04-25 11:00:56
  • Brachyopa sp., male 10476
    Brachyopa sp. Meigen, 1822     
    Brachyopa sp., male
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald; 2022-05-15 12:53:58
    Image number: 10476
    male
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald
    2022-05-15 12:53:58

Classification:
Brachyopa sp. belongs to the subfamily Eristalinae, tribe Brachyopini.

References, further reading, links:
  1. van Steenis, Jeroen & Van Zuijen, Menno & Bot, Sander & Ent, Leendert-Jan & Anatolij, Barkalov & van Eck, André & Fleury, Julien & Földesi, Rita & Heimburg, Helge & Hadrava, Jiří & Koch, Bärbel & Lutovinovas, Erikas & Mazánek, Libor & Van de Meutter, Frank & Mielczarek, Łukasz & Palmer, Christopher & Popov, Grigory & Radenkovic, Snezana & Reemer, M. & Wakkie, Bastiaan. (2020). Faunistical overview of the European species of the genera Brachyopa Meigen, 1822 and Hammerschmidtia Schummel, 1834 (Diptera, Syrphidae). Bonn Zoological Bulletin. 69. 309-367. 10.20363/BZB-2020.69.2.309.