Eristalinus

Eristalinus
Eristalinus fuscicornis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Subfamily: Eristalinae
Tribe: Eristalini
Subtribe: Eristalina
Genus: Eristalinus
Subgenus
  • Eristalinus Rondani, 1845
  • Eristalodes Mik, 1897
  • Helophilina Becker, 1922
  • Lathyrophthalmus Mik, 1897
  • Merodonoides Curran, 1931

Eristalinus is a genus of hoverfly. Most species have very distinctive eye marking in the form of spots or banding, though these features may fade on some preserved specimens. Most are stout flies, and are nimble flyers, even compared to other hoverfly species.

Systematics

At one time the members of this genus were divided into three clades (Eristalinus, Eristalodes and Lathyrophthalmus) based on morphological characters such as whether the eyes were spotted or striped. Recently Pérez-Bañon et al. studying the European species of Eristalinus using a combination of molecular data and male genitalia characters have determined that the genus in Europe at least, divides neatly into two clades - Eristalinus (+ Lathyrophthalmus) & Eristalodes. It was also discovered that the eye patterning was not taxonomically important as Eristalodes contained members with eyes either spotted or striped.[1][2][3][4]

The following list is an attempt to organise some of the species under subgeneric headings:

List of species by subgenus

Eristalinus

Lathyropthalmus

(around 80 species; found worldwide)

  • Eristalinus aeneus (Scopoli, 1763)
  • Eristalinus aequalis (Adams, 1905)
  • Eristalinus arvorum (Fabricius, 1787)
  • Eristalinus astrops Hull, 1941
  • Eristalinus basalis (Shiraki, 1968)
  • Eristalinus cerealis Fabricius, 1805
  • Eristalinus dissimilis (Adams, 1905)
  • Eristalinus dubiosus (Curran, 1939)
  • Eristalinus dulcis Karsch, 1887
  • Eristalinus euzonus Loew, 1858
  • Eristalinus flaveolus Bigot, 1880
  • Eristalinus gymnops Bezzi, 1915
  • Eristalinus haileyburyi (Nayar, 1968)
  • Eristalinus hervebazini Kløcker, 1926
  • Eristalinus invirgulatus (Keiser, 1958)
  • Eristalinus ishigakiensis (Shiraki, 1968)
  • Eristalinus japonica van der Goot, 1964
  • Eristalinus kyokoae Kimura, 1986
  • Eristalinus longicornis (Adams, 1905)
  • Eristalinus melanops Karsch, 1887
  • Eristalinus modestus (Wiedemann, 1818)
  • Eristalinus myiatropinus (Speiser, 1910)
  • Eristalinus obliquus Weidemann, 1824
  • Eristalinus quinquelineatus (Fabricius, 1781)[5]
  • Eristalinus quinquestriatus (Fabricius, 1794)
  • Eristalinus tabanoides (Jaennicke, 1867)
  • Eristalinus tarsalis (Macquart, 1855)[5]
  • Eristalinus trizonatus (Bigot, 1858)
  • Eristalinus velox (Violovitsh, 1966)
  • Eristalinus vicarians Bezzi, 1915
  • Eristalinus viridis Coquillett
  • Eristalinus xanthopus Bezzi, 1915

Eristalodes

(13 species; Palearctic, Afrotropical, Oriental)[6]

Helophilina

(1 species; Afrotropical)

  • Eristalinus taeniaticeps Becker, 1922

Merodonoides

(5 species; Afrotropical, Oriental)

  • Eristalis circulis Curran 1931b

This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

Gallery

References

  1. ↑ Brigitte Howarth (2006). "Diptera of the UAE - collated records from the literature with additions of new records, accompanied by some notes on Mydidae and Stratiomyidae new to the UAE" (PDF). Tribulus (Abu Dhabi: Emirates Natural History Group) 16 (2): 24–29. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
  2. ↑ Hassan Ghahari, Rüstem Hayat, Mehrdad Tabari, Hadi Ostovan (2008). "Hover Flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) From Rice Fields and Around Grasslands of Northern Iran" (PDF). Munis Entomology & Zoology (Ankara, Turkey: Munis Research Group) 3 (1): 275–284. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
  3. ↑ F. Christian Thompson (2003). "Austalis, a new genus of flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) with revisionary notes on related genera" (PDF). Zootaxa 246: 1–19. ISSN 1175-5326. Retrieved 2010-01-31.
  4. 1 2 Bezzi, Mario (1915). "The syrphidae of the Ethiopian region / based on material in the collection of the British Museum (Natural history) : with the descriptions of new genera and species". British Museum (Natural History).
  5. 1 2 3 Barkalov, A.V. "Syrphidae collection of Siberian Zoological Museum". Novosibirsk, Russia: the Institute of Animal Systematics and Ecology, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on October 20, 2008. Retrieved 28 July 2009.
  6. ↑ Perez-Banon, C.; Rojo S.; Stahls G.; Marcos-Garcia M. A. (2003). "Taxonomy of European Eristalinus (Diptera: Syrphidae) based on larval morphology and molecular data" (PDF). Eur. J. Entomol. 100 (3): 417–428. doi:10.14411/eje.2003.064. ISSN 1802-8829. Retrieved 31 January 2011.

External links

For photos of North American species see BugGuide page: http://bugguide.net/node/view/33249/bgimage?from=0

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