Lejogaster splendida (Meigen, 1822) Lejogaster tarsata is a Palearctic hoverfly External images For terms see Morphology of Diptera The thorax and abdomen are lustrous metallic green to golden, frequently with reddish reflections.

The tergite at the tip of the abdomen is yellowish-green with blue and purple reflections except around the margin.

From Ireland east through Central Europe and Southern Europe into European Russia, Iran and Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kirghizia, Turkmenia and Kazakhstan to Mongolia, Siberia and the Russian Far East.

[8][9] Wetland, margins of streams and pools, springs and spring-fed ponds.

Flowers visited are white umbellifers Matricaria, Ranunculus.