Eristalis bellardii
Eristalis bellardii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Syrphidae |
Genus: | Eristalis |
Species: | E. bellardii
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Binomial name | |
Eristalis bellardii Jaennicke, 1867
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Eristalis bellardii, the Mexican mountain drone fly, is a species of hoverfly. It is infrequently found in the Southwestern United States Mexico and Central America. In appearance it is somewhat like that of a bee..[1][2][3]
Description[]
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For terms see Morphology of Diptera
- Head
- Black with face sometimes reddish brown laterally covered with yellowish- white pollen except for the shiny central stripe extend nearly to the antennae.: The gena is shiny with pale yellow pile. The frontal lunule is reddish brown. Antenna with a bare arista. The pile of the eye is brownish yellow but white ventrally. Male eyes touch along center while female eyes are separate.
- Thorax
- Black with yellow pile except the central part of the scutellum which has black pile over a reddish-brown base.
- Wings
- Hyaline with a yellow pilose tegula.
- Abdomen
- First tergum black, second tergum dull, orange on lateral 2/3, black on medial 1/3. Third tergum similar to second tergum in the male but the female orange on lateral is only about 1/3 the width. Fourth tergum in male orange on lateral 1/3 but in female entirely black.
- Genitalia
- Figure #9 in [=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/54855#page/228/mode/1up]
- Larvae
- Unknown [4]
References[]
- ^ "Eristalis bellardii Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Eristalis bellardii". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Eristalis bellardii species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ THOMPSON, F. CHRISTIAN (1997). "Revision Of The Eristalis Flower Flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) Of The Americas South Of The United States". Entomological Society of Washington.
Further reading[]
- Telford, H. S. (1970). "Eristalis (Diptera: Syrphidae) from America North of Mexico". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 63 (5): 1201–1210. doi:10.1093/aesa/63.5.1201.
Categories:
- Eristalinae
- Insects described in 1867
- Syrphidae stubs