Description: Phylum: Arthropoda (arthropods, Gliederfüßer) Subphylum: Hexapoda BLAINVILLE, 1816 Class: Insecta (insects, Insekten) Subclass: Pterygota Infraclass: Neoptera MARTYNOV, 1923 Order: Diptera LINNAEUS, 1758 (true flies, mosquitoes and gnats, Fliegen & Mücken) Suborder: Brachycera SCHINER, 1862 Infraorder: Muscomorpha [Syn.: Cyclorrhapha] Superfamily: Syrphoidea Family: Syrphidae SAMOUELLE, 1819 (hoverflies or flower flies?, Schwebfliegen) Subfamily: Eristalinae NEWMAN, 1834 Tribus: Brachyopini WILLISTON, 1885 Genus: Brachyopa MEIGEN, 1822 possibly: Brachyopa panzeri GOFFE, 1945 [det. "S. Rae", 2014, based on this photo] NE-Slovakia, High Tatras: vic. Starý Smokovec, ca. 1300m asl., 28.06.2012 IMG_1632. Date: 28 June 2012, 15:21. Source:
a Brachyopa syrphid fly from the High Tatras. Author:
gbohne from Berlin, Germany.