Eristalis saxorum

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Eristalis saxorum
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Genus: Eristalis
Species:
E. saxorum
Binomial name
Eristalis saxorum
Wiedemann, 1830

Eristalis saxorum, the blue-polished drone fly, is a species of hoverfly native to eastern Canada and the United States.[1][2][3][4] Little is known about this uncommon species which flies from mid-March to late October.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ "Eristalis saxorum Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  2. ^ "Eristalis saxorum". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  3. ^ a b 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, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691189406.

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.


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