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Interesting Facts
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Description
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Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 4,891 meters (0 to 16,047 feet).[1]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
)
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
)
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
(
)
- A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
(
)
- Cuvier
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
)
- Latreille, 1829
- Arthropods
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
(
)
- Snodgrass, 1938
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
(
)
- Heymons, 1901
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
(
)
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
(
)
- Class:
Insecta
(
)
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Insects
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
(
)
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
(
)
- Superorder:
Panorpida
(
)
- Order:
Diptera
(
)
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Suborder:
Brachycera
(
)
- Infraorder:
Muscomorpha
(
)
- Superfamily:
Syrphoidea
(
)
- Family:
Syrphidae
(
)
- Subfamily:
Eristalinae
(
)
- Genus:
Eristalis
(
)
- Latreille, 1804
- Specific name:
arbustorum
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Scientific name: - Eristalis arbustorum Linnaeus, 1758
- Specific name:
arbustorum
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Genus:
Eristalis
(
- Subfamily:
Eristalinae
(
- Family:
Syrphidae
(
- Superfamily:
Syrphoidea
(
- Infraorder:
Muscomorpha
(
- Suborder:
Brachycera
(
- Order:
Diptera
(
- Superorder:
Panorpida
(
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
(
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
(
- Class:
Insecta
(
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
(
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
(
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
(
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
(
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 2009
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Eristalis
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 2 species and subspecies in this genus:
E. tenax (Drone Fly) · E. transversa (Hover Fly)
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Further Reading
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Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 16, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 18, 2007:
- GBIF-Spain, Instituto de Investigación CIBIO, Universidad de Alicante: CEUA
- Illinois Natural History Survey, Illinois Natural History Survey
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Taxonomic Information Sytem for the Belgian coastal area
- UK National Biodiversity Network, Highland Biological Recording Group - HBRG Diptera dataset
- UK National Biodiversity Network, Natural England - Invertebrate Site Register - England.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2596671
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Dip-46604
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 2549834
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 140917
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 654541
Footnotes
- Mean = 95.260 meters (312.533 feet), Standard Deviation = 126.790 based on 8,936 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
Curator for this page: Andrew E. Whittington. Date last reviewed: 12/30/1899
