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Species Eristalis hirta

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Aschiza")
Family Syrphidae (Hover Flies)
Subfamily Eristalinae
Tribe Eristalini
Subtribe Eristalina
Genus Eristalis (Drone Flies)
No Taxon (Subgenus Eoseristalis)
Species hirta (Eristalis hirta)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Eristalis hirtus
Explanation of Names
Eristalis hirta Loew 1866
Size
10-13 mm(1)
Identification
"In Eristalis interrupta the pterostigma doesn`t reach the tip of the sub-costa, the hind metatarsus is inflated ( not in this specimen ), the face is more produced and the black facial stripe more developed in Eristalis interrupta." (comment from #217554).
Range
throughout w. NA(2)
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