Eristalis anthophorina

Eristalis anthophorina

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Syrphoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Antliophora Ordo: Diptera Subordo: Brachycera Infraordo: Muscomorpha Sectio: Aschiza Superfamilia: Syrphoidea

Familia: Syrphidae
Subfamilia: Eristalinae
Tribus: Eristalini
Subtribus: Eristalina
Genus: Eristalis
Subgenus: Eristalis (Eoseristalis)
Species: E. anthophorina

Name

Eristalis anthophorina (Fallén, 1817)

Synonymy

• Syrphus anthophorinus Fallén, 1817: 28
• Eristalis pterelas Say, 1835 (nomen nudum) [see Johnson, 1925, p. 82]
• Eristalis pterelas Harris, 1835: 598 (nomen nudum) [see Johnson, 1925, p. 82]
• Eristalis bastardii Macquart, 1842: 95
• Eristalis bastardi Macquart, 1842 (misspelling)
• Syrphus nitidiventris Zetterstedt, 1843: 665
• Eristalis nitidiventris (Zetterstedt, 1843)
• Eristalis nebulosus Walker, 1849: 616
• Eristalis semimetallicus Macquart, 1850: 444
• Eristalis everes Walker, 1852: 246
• Eristalis montanus Williston, 1882: 322
• Eristalis occidentalis Williston, 1882: 322
  • "Eristalis occidentalis Osburn, 1907: 2" sometimes incorrectly listed
• Eristalis toyoharae Matsumura, 1911: 75
• Eristalis toyohare Matsumura, 1911
• Eristalis toyoharensis Matsumura, 1916: 235
• Eristalis mellisoids Hull, 1925: 16 (nomen nudum; misspelling)
• Eristalis mellissoides Hull, 1925: 19
• Eristalomyia luleonsis Kanervo, 1934
• Eristalis luleonsis (Kanervo, 1934)

References

Primary references

• Fallén, C.F. 1817. Syrphici Sveciae [part]. Berling, Lundae [= Lund]. Pp. 23–62. BHL Reference page. 
• Harris, T.W. 1835. Insects. Pp. 553–602. In: Hitchcock, E., Report on the geology, mineralogy, botany, and zoology of Massachusetts. 2nd Edition. J.S. & C. Adams, Amherst. [4] + 702 pp., 19 pls, 3 maps. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.35849 BHL Reference page. 
• Macquart, J. 1842. Diptères exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus. Mémoires de la Société Royale des sciences, de l'agriculture et des arts de Lille 1841(1): 63–200. BHL [Also reprinted separately as 'Tome deuxième, 2e partie' with different pagination: 5–140, see Crosskey, 1980: 1065.] Reference page. 
• Zetterstedt, J.W. 1843. Diptera Scandinaviae disposita et descripta. Tomus secondus [= Vol. 2]. Officina Lundbergiana, Lundae [= Lund]: 441–894. BHL. Reference page. 
• Walker, F. 1849. List of the specimens of dipterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part III. Printed by order of the Trustees [British Museum], London. 485–687 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Macquart, J. 1850. Diptères exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus. 4.e supplément. Mémoires de la Société des Sciences, de l'Agriculture et des Arts de Lille 1849: 309–479. BHL [Also reprinted separately with different pagination: 5–161, see Crosskey, R.W., 1980: 1066.] Reference page. 
• Walker, F. 1852. Diptera. Part III. Pp. 157–252 In: Insecta Saundersiana: or characters of undescribed species in the collection of William Wilson Saunders, Esq., F.R.S., F.L.S., &c. Vol. I. John Van Voorst, London. 474 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Williston, S.W. 1882. Contribution to a Monograph of the North American Syrphidae. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 20(112): 299–332. JSTOR BHL Reference page. 
• Osburn, R.C. 1907. The Syrphidae of British Columbia. Bulletin of the British Columbia Entomological Society 8: 1–3. HathiTrust hdl: 2027/coo.31924053993774 [n.b., pages out of order] BHL Reference page. 
• Matsumura, S. 1911. Erster Beitrag zur Insekten-Fauna von Sachalin. Journal of the College of Agriculture, Tohoku Imperial University [Sapporo] 4(1): 1–145, 2 pls. PDF. Reference page. 
• Matsumura, S. 1916. Thousand Insects of Japan Additamenta, Vol. 2, 185-474, Pls. 16-25. Reference page. 
• Hull, F.M. 1925. A review of the genus Eristalis Latreille in North America. Part I. Ohio Journal of Science 25(1): 11–45, 2 pls. hdl: 1811/2257 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Johnson, C.W. 1925. Diptera from the Harris Collection. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 38: 57–99. Google Books Reference page. 
• Miranda, G.F.G., Young, A.D., Locke, M.M., Marshall, S.A., Skevington, J.H. & Thompson, F.C. 2013. Key to the Genera of Nearctic Syrphidae. Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification 23: 1–351. DOI: 10.3752/cjai.2013.23 Reference page. 
• Skevington, J.H., Locke, M.M., Young, A.D., Moran, K.M., Crins, W.J. & Marshall, S.A. 2019. Field Guide to the Flower Flies of Northeastern North America. Princeton Field Guides 118. Princeton University Press. 515 pp. DOI: 10.2307/j.ctv7xbrvz JSTOR ISBN 978-0691189406 (print) ISBN 978-0691192512 (ebook) Reference page. 

Links

• Eristalis anthophorina – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2025. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Eristalis anthophorina. Accessed: 2025 Feb 17.

Vernacular names

English: Orange-spotted drone fly