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Subgenus Eristalis

Unknown Thing - Eristalis tenax Drone Fly on Butterfly Bush - Eristalis tenax - female MT pollinators - Eristalis tenax Female, Syrphid fly - Eristalis tenax - female Female, Syrphid fly - Eristalis tenax - female Common Drone Fly Eristalis tenax? - Eristalis tenax - female Drone Fly - Eristalis tenax Eristalis? - Eristalis tenax
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 Eristalis
Explanation of Names
Eristalis Latreille 1804
Numbers
A single (adventive) species in our area, 2 spp. total(1)(2)
Range
Palaearctic, Afrotropical and Oriental; 1 sp. introduced into the New World and elsewhere, another is in China(1)
Internet References
Works Cited
1.Austalis, a new genus of flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) with revisionary notes on related genera
Thompson F.C. 2003. Zootaxa 246: 1-19.
2.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.