Eristalis

Eristalis
Eristalis tenax on Lantana camara
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Syrphidae
Subfamily:	Eristalinae
Tribe:	Eristalini
Genus:	Eristalis Latreille, 1804
Type species
Musca tenax Linnaeus, 1758
Subgenera
Eoseristalis Kanervo, 1938 Eristalis Latreille, 1804
Synonyms
Elophilus Meigen, 1803, Eristaloides Róndani, 1845 Eristalomya Róndani, 1857 Eristalomyia Verrall, 1882 Helophilus Leach, 1817 Tubifera Meigen, 1800 [1]

Eristalis is a large genus of hoverflies, family Syrphidae, in the order Diptera. One of the more common species in the genus, Eristalis tenax is also known as the dronefly, because it bears a superficial resemblance to honeybee drones. Droneflies and their relatives are fairly common generalist pollinators,^[2] the larvae of which are aquatic, and breathe through a long, snorkel-like appendage, hence the common name rat-tailed maggots.^[1][3]

Eristalis is a large genus of around 99 species,^[4] and is subdivided into several subgenera and species groups (Eristalomyia, Eristalis, Eoseristalis etc.).

Species List

Eristalis aenea (Scopoli), 1763 Eristalis abusiva Collin, 1931 Eristalis agrorum (Wiedemann), 1830 Eristalis alleni (Paul Allen's Flower Fly) Thompson, 1997[3] Eristalis alpina (Panzer, 1798) Eristalis anthophorina (Fallén, 1817) Eristalis arbustorum (Linnaeus, 1758) Eristalis bardus (Say, 1829) Eristalis basilaris Macquart, 1834 Eristalis bellardii Jeannicke, 1867)[3] Eristalis bogotensis Macquart, 1842[3] Eristalis brousii Williston, 1882 Eristalis calida Walker, 1849 Eristalis cerealis Fabricius, 1805 Eristalis circe Williston, 1891[3] Eristalis corymbus Violovitsh, 1975 Eristalis croceimaculata Jacobs, 1900[3][5] Eristalis cryptarum (Fabricius, 1794) Eristalis deserta Violovitsh, 1977 Eristalis dimidiatus (Wiedemann, 1830) Eristalis dubia Macquart, 1834 Eristalis fenestratus de Meijere, 1908 Eristalis flavipes Walker, 1849 Eristalis fratercula (Zetterstedt, 1838) Eristalis gatesi (Bill Gates' Flower Fly) Thompson, 1997[3] Eristalis gomonojunovae Violovitsh, 1977 Eristalis hirta Loew, 1866 Eristalis horticola (De Geer, 1776) Eristalis interrupta (Poda, 1761) Eristalis intricarius (Linnaeus, 1758) Eristalis japonica van der Goot, 1964 Eristalis jugorum Egger, 1858 Eristalis kamtshatica Violovitsh, 1977 Eristalis katoi Shiraki, 1968 Eristalis kyokoae Kimura, 1986 Eristalis latifrons Zetterstedt, 1843

Eristalis lineata (Harris, 1776) Eristalis lunata de Meijere, 1908, 1776 Eristalis marfax Curran, 1947 Eristalis nemorum (Linnaeus, 1758) Eristalis obscura (Loew, 1866) Eristalis oestracea (Linnaeus, 1758) Eristalis pacifica Violovitsh, 1977 Eristalis parens Bigot, 1880 Eristalis pertinax (Scopoli, 1763) Eristalis persa Williston, 1891[3] Eristalis picea (Fallén, 1817) Eristalis pratorum Meigen, 1822 Eristalis precipuus Williston, 1888 Eristalis pseudorupium Kanervo, 1938 Eristalis rabida Violovitsh, 1977 Eristalis reflugens Doleschall, 1858 Eristalis rossica Stackelberg 1958 Eristalis rupium Fabricius, 1805 Eristalis saphirina Bigot, 1880 Eristalis saxorum Wiedemann, 1830 Eristalis semicirculus Walker, 1852 Eristalis similis (Fallén, 1817) Eristalis stipator Osten Sacken, 1877[3] Eristalis tammensis Bagatshanova, 1980 Eristalis tenax (Drone Fly) (Linnaeus, 1758) Eristalis tibetica Violovitsh, 1976 Eristalis transversa (Wiedemann, 1830) Eristalis tricolor Bigot, 1880 Eristalis tundrarum Frey, 1932 Eristalis vallei (Kanervo, 1934)

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Gallery

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  Eristalis abusiva female

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  Eristalis arbustorum female

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  Eristalis horticola male

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  Eristalis interrupta female

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  Eristalis intricarius male

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  Eristalis picea male

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  Eristalis pertinax female

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  Eristalis tenax male

References

1. Stubbs, Alan E.; Falk, Steven J (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide (2nd ed.). London: British Entomological and Natural History Society. pp. 253, xvpp. ISBN 1-899935-03-7.
2. Van Der Kooi, C. J.; Pen, I.; Staal, M.; Stavenga, D. G.; Elzenga, J. T. M. (2015). "Competition for pollinators and intra-communal spectral dissimilarity of flowers" (PDF). Plant Biology. doi:10.1111/plb.12328.
3. Thompson, F. Christian (1997). "Revision of the Eristalis flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) of the Americas south of the United States." (PDF). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington (Washington D.C.: Entomological Society of Washington) 99: 209–237. ISSN 0013-8797. Retrieved 2009-06-19.
4. Thompson, F. Christian (2003). "Austalis, a new genus of flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) with revisionary notes on related genera" (pdf Adobe/Acobat). Zootaxa (New Zealand: Magnolia Press) 246: 1–19. ISSN 1175-5334. Retrieved 2011-01-28.
5. Wakeham-Dawson, A.; Jones, A.G.; Thompson, F.C. (2009). "Falkland Islands Syrphidae (Diptera)". Dipterists Digest. Second series (UK: Dipterists Forum) 16 (1): 65–71. ISSN 0953-7260.

External links

BugGuide pages with lots of photos of North American species: http://bugguide.net/node/view/7182/bgimage