Eristalis stipator

Eristalis stipator (♀)

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. stipator

Name

Eristalis stipator Osten Sacken, 1877: 336

Lectotype: ♂, MCZ, Cambridge [designated by Thompson, 1997: 230]. MCZ:Ent:885 (view on GBIF)

Type locality: USA, Colorado, Manitou Park

Synonymy

• Eristalis latifrons Loew, 1866: 169
  • Lectotype: ♂, MCZ, Cambridge [designated by Thompson, 1997: 230]. MCZ:Ent:4073 (view on GBIF)
  • Type locality: Mexico, Matamoros
• Eristalis latifrons var. maculipennis Townsend, 1897: 93
  • Lectotype: ♀, USNM, Washington [designated by Thompson, 1997: 230]
  • Type locality: USA, New Mexico, Las Cruces
• Eristalis californicus Nayar & Cole, 1969: 294
  • Holotype: ♀, CAS, 1913, F. R. Cole (by original designation). CASC CASTYPE CASTYPE9961 (view on GBIF)
  • Type locality: USA, California, San Bernardino [given in Nayar & Cole as Redlands, California]

References

Primary references

• Osten Sacken, C.R. 1877. Western Diptera: Descriptions of new genera and species of Diptera from the region west of the Mississippi and especially from California. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories 3: 189–354. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.57939 BHL Reference page. 
• Loew, H. 1866. Diptera Americae septentrionalis indigena. Centuria sexta. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift (1865) 9: 127–186. BHL Biostor DOI: 10.1002/mmnd.18650090303 Reference page. 
• Townsend, C.H.T. 1897. Diptera From the Headwaters of the Gila River. —II. Psyche 8: 92–94. BHL Biostor DOI: 10.1155/1897/87936 Reference page. 
• Nayar, J.L. & Cole, F.R. 1968. Two new species of Eristalis Latreille from Western North America. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 44. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Thompson, F.C. 1997. Revision of the Eristalis flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) of the Americas South of the United States. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 99(2): 209–237. hdl: 10088/17085 BHL 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. 

Links

• Eristalis stipator – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2025. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Eristalis stipator. Accessed: 2025 Feb 8.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2025. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Eristalis californicus. Accessed: 2025 Feb 8.
• Harvard University, Morris, P.J. 2025. Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University. Version 162.465. Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/p5rupv accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-04-03. https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/781079619
• Harvard University, Morris, P.J. 2025. Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University. Version 162.465. Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/p5rupv accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-04-03. https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/781079627
• Grinter, C., Diaz-Bastin, R. & Fong, J. 2025. CAS Entomology Type (TYPE). Version 1.283. California Academy of Sciences. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/gak5hc accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-04-03. https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/2238771251

Vernacular names

English: Yellow-shouldered drone fly