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Subgenus Eoseristalis

Unknown fly 6835 - Eristalis arbustorum syrphid fly - Eristalis flavipes Syrphid Fly  - Eristalis transversa Eristalis? on Eastern Baccharis (Baccharis halimifolia) - Eristalis dimidiata - male Syrphid - Eristalis bellardii - male Bee (?) on Golden Alexander - Eristalis stipator Unidentified insect 0815202002 - Eristalis arbustorum Eristalis arbustorum - male
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
Explanation of Names
Eoseristalis Kanervo 1938
Numbers
by far the largest of the two subgenera, with 19 spp. in our area(1) and ~100 total(2)
Range
Holarctic, Neotropical, Afrotropical, Oriental(2)
Internet References
Works Cited
1.Key to the genera of nearctic Syrphidae
Miranda G.F.G, Young A.D., Locke M.M., Marshall S.A., Skevington J.H., Thompson F.C. 2013. CJAI 23: 1‒351.
2.Austalis, a new genus of flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) with revisionary notes on related genera
Thompson F.C. 2003. Zootaxa 246: 1-19.