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Eristalis (droneflies)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #photos #macrophotos #refs
Species Eristalis arbustorum (Linnaeus, 1758) (a hoverfly) 3 11  
Species Eristalis cryptarum (Fabricius, 1794) (a hoverfly)     1
Species Eristalis intricarius (Linnaeus, 1758) (a hoverfly) 14 4  
Species Eristalis pertinax (Scopoli, 1763) (a hoverfly) 6 11  
Species Eristalis tenax (Linnaeus, 1758) (Drone-fly) 22 3  

Suggested Literature

Eristalis may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)
SYRPHIDAE
(hover flies, drone flies, flower flies)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Eristalis is associated with:

Photos larva Mammalia - mammals larva feeds on dung/debris wet manure Rotheray, G.E., 1993

There may be more taxa associated with Eristalis listed at higher taxonomic level

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)
CYCLORRHAPHA
(a suborder of flies)
SYRPHIDAE
(hover flies, drone flies, flower flies)

Associated with Eristalis:

larva larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Rhembobius - a genus of ichneumon wasps (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) Rotheray, G.E., 1993

Eristalis may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)
INSECTA
(insects)
DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)
SYRPHIDAE
(hover flies, drone flies, flower flies)

References

Rotheray, G.E., 1993 Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe

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