Epistrophe melanostoma

{{Short description|Species of fly}}

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| image = Hoverfly (Epistrophe melanostoma).jpg

| image_caption = male

| taxon = Epistrophe melanostoma

| authority = (Zetterstedt, 1843)

| synonyms = *Scaeva melanostoma Zetterstedt, 1843

}}

Epistrophe melanostoma is a European species of hoverfly.{{cite book |last1=Ball |first1=S.G. |last2=Morris |first2=R.K.A. |title=Provisional atlas of British hoverflies (Diptera, Syrphidae) |year=2000 |publisher=Biological Record Centre |location=Monks Wood, UK |isbn=1-870393-54-6 |pages=167 pages }}{{cite book|author=Morris, Roger K. A.|year=1999 |title=Hoverflies of Surrey |publisher=Surrey Wildlife Trust|isbn= 0-9526065-3-4 |page=244}}{{cite book|author1=Stubbs, Alan E. |author2=Falk, Steven J.|year=1983 |title=British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide |publisher=British Entomological & Natural History Society|page=253, xvpp}}{{cite book |last= Van Veen |first= M.P. |title= Hoverflies of Northwest Europe, Identification Keys to the Syrphidae |type= hardback |year= 2004 |publisher= KNNV Publishing |location= Utrecht |isbn= 90-5011-199-8 |pages= 254 }}