Eristalis anthophorina

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Eristalis anthophorina
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Genus: Eristalis
Species:
E. anthophorina
Binomial name
Eristalis anthophorina
(Fallen, 1817)
Synonyms[1]
List
    • Eristalis bastardii Macquart, 1842
    • Eristalis everes Walker, 1852
    • Eristalis mellisoids Hull, 1925
    • Eristalis mellissoides Hull, 1925
    • Eristalis montanus Williston, 1882
    • Eristalis nebulosus Walker, 1849
    • Eristalis occidentalis Osburn, 1907
    • Eristalis perplexus Hull, 1925
    • Eristalis pterelas Say, 1835
    • Eristalis semimetallicus Macquart, 1850
    • Syrphus anthophorinus Fallen, 1817

Eristalis anthophorina, the orange-spotted drone fly,[2] is a species of syrphid fly with a Holarctic distribution.[1][3][4] It is a common fly in wetlands, including bogs, fens, and woodland pools.[2] In North America, it occurs throughout much of Canada and primarily in the northern parts of the United States.[2] It may be introduced in North America.[3][5] It reaches around 15 mm (0.6 in) in length.[2]

Description[]

This fly can easily be confused with bumblebees.

Head

. Face reddish-yellow pollinose,with white pilose sides ; Shining black median stripe with black broadly on the cheeks. Antennae black. The arista reddish, pubescent near the base. The eyes are completely pilose,not quite contiguous.

Thorax
Black with long yellow hairs, Scutellum wholly yellow, densely covered with yellow pile.
Abdomen
The first segment black, second segment broadly shining with orange spots laterally. Remaining abdomen black with long yellow-orange pile.
Wings
nearly hyaline ; stigmatic spot dark brown with a broad, distinct, brownish spot in the middle of the wing.
Legs
black, with black pile. Tibia yellowish at the base.[6] as Eristalis bastardii

Ecology[]

It has been observed visiting the flowers of Verbena hastata (blue vervain), (blue-leaved willow), and Hesperis matronalis (dame's rocket).[5]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Eristalis anthophorina Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. ^ a b c d Skevington, Jeffrey H.; Locke, Michelle M.; Young, Andrew D.; Moran, Kevin; Crins, William J.; Marshall, Stephen A. (2019). Field Guide to the Flower Flies of Northeastern North America. Princeton. ISBN 9780691189406.
  3. ^ a b "Eristalis anthophorina species information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  4. ^ "Eristalis anthophorina". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  5. ^ a b Wilhelm, Gerould; Rericha, Laura (2017). Flora of the Chicago Region: A Floristic and Ecological Synthesis. Indiana Academy of Sciences.
  6. ^ Hull, Frank Montgomery (1925). "A Review of the Genus Eristalis Latreille in North America". The Ohio Journal of Science. 25: 11–45.


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