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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Eristalinae » Eristalini » Eristalina » Drone Flies (Eristalis) » Subgenus Eristalis (Eristalis Subgenus Eristalis)

Subgenus Eristalis

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Internet References · Works Cited
Drone Fly - Eristalis tenax Syrphidae 03a - Eristalis tenax Fly for ID - Eristalis tenax Drone Fly - Eristalis tenax - male Drone Fly?? - Eristalis tenax - female Flower Fly - Eristalis tenax Eristalinae? - Eristalis tenax Drone Fly - Eristalis tenax - female
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
Taxon page(2)
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. CJAI 23: 1‒351.
Contributed by Ted Kropiewnicki on 14 February, 2008 - 10:09pm
Additional contributions by Hartmut Wisch, v belov
Last updated 18 January, 2014 - 5:12pm

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