Riponnensia splendens is a small metallic species of hoverfly.

External images For terms see Morphology of DipteraWing length 5·5–7 mm.

2 anterior longitudinal stripes of white dust on thorax dorsum.

[3][4][5][6] Palearctic Netherlands South to Mediterranean basin, Ireland eastwards Central Europe and Southern Europe into Greece, Turkey, the Crimea and the Caucasus mountains.

[7][8] Habitat deciduous woodland and scrub with streams and springs andscrub or along hedged streams in farmland.