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Subgenus Eoseristalis

Large Syrphid Fly - Eristalis stipator - male Transverse Flower Fly - Eristalis transversa - male Eristalis flavipes? - Eristalis flavipes Drone fly on fleabane - Eristalis hirta - male Eristalis - Eristalis flavipes Drone Fly? - Eristalis transversa - female Eristalis dimidiata? - Eristalis dimidiata flower fly – Eristalis arbustorum? - Eristalis arbustorum
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
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
Taxon page(1)
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. Can. J. Arthropod Identification 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.
Contributed by Chuck Entz on 18 April, 2007 - 7:26am
Additional contributions by Ted Kropiewnicki, v belov
Last updated 18 January, 2014 - 5:09pm

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