Eristalis pertinax

• Interesting Facts
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Interesting Facts

Description

Habitat

Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of 165 meters (542 feet).[1]

Biome: Coastal.

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 2009

Similar Species

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

• A guide to the natural history of the Isle of Wight: a series of contributions by specialists relating to the various branches of natural history and kindred subjects / edited by Frank Morey. Newport, Isle of Wight: The County Press, 1909. url p. 447.
• A survey and record of Woolwich and West Kent containing descriptions and records, brought up-to-date, of geology, botany, zoology, archaeology and industries of the district, with a brief photographic commentary, in commemoration of the 12th Ann General editors, C.H. Grinling, T.A. Ingram [and] B.C. Polkinghorne. Woolwich: Labour Representation Print. Co., 1909. url p. 427.
• British journal of entomology and natural history. [London]: British Entomological and Natural History Society, 1988- url p. 139, p. 141, p. 32, p. 36, p. 38.
• By meadow, grove and stream: an introduction to nature study / by Henry Hilton Brown. .. London: Religious Tract Society, [1907?] url , , p. 128.
• Diptera Danica: genera and species of flies hitherto found in Denmark. Copenhagen, G.E.C. Gad, 1907-1927. url p. 413, p. 433.
• Entomological news. [Philadelphia]American Entomological Society, 1925- url p. 501, p. 504.
• Fauna, flora & geology of the Clyde area, ed. by G.F. Scott Elliot, Malcolm Laurie and J. Barclay Murdoch. Glasgow, Pub. by the local committee for the meeting of the British Association, 1901. url p. 262.
• Hampstead Hill: its structure, materials and sculpturing / by J. Logan Lobley; with The flora of Hampstead, by Henry T. Wharton; The insect fauna of Hampstead, by F. A. Walker; and The birds of Hampstead, by J. Edmund Haring. London: Roper and Drowley, 1889. url p. 84.
• Handbook of flower pollination based upon Hermann Müller's work 'The fertilisation of flowers by insects'; tr. by J.R. Ainsworth Davis. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1906. url , , , , , , , p. 101, p. 123, p. 204, p. 249, p. 250, p. 266, p. 269, p. 270, p. 277, p. 279, p. 33, p. 342, p. 353, p. 354, p. 356, p. 366, p. 381, p. 382, p. 383, p. 384, p. 387, p. 387, p. 394, p. 414, p. 416, p. 421, p. 431, p. 489, p. 490, p. 504, p. 510, p. 514, p. 551, p. 557, p. 559, p. 56, p. 560, p. 565, p. 573, p. 577, p. 580, p. 589, p. 592, p. 593, p. 6, p. 600, p. 613, p. 621, p. 634, p. 643, p. 65, p. 86, p. 90.
• Handbook of flower pollination: based upon Hermann Mu?ller's work 'The fertilisation of flowers by insects' / Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1906-09. url , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , .
• Journal of botany, British and foreign. London: Robert Hardwicke, 1863-1942. url p. 138, p. 139, p. 97, p. 98.
• Nature. London, Macmillan. url p. 103.
• Proceedings and transactions of the British Entomological and Natural History Society. London, British Entomological and Natural History Society. url p. 114, p. 26, p. 46.
• Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. Washington, etc.: Entomological Society of Washington url p. 231.
• Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, 1841- url p. 21.
• Proceedings of the South London Entomological & Natural History Society. London [Eng]: South London Entomological and Natural history Society, [1897-1933] url p. 140.
• Reports and transactions. Cardiff [etc. url p. 64.
• Systematic database of Musca names (Diptera): a catalog of names associated with the genus-group name Musca Linnaeus, with information on their classification, distribution, and documentation / Koenigstein: Koeltz Scientific Books, 1993 url p. 162, p. 93.
• The Annals of Scottish natural history. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1892-1911. url p. 102, p. 161, p. 216, p. 23, p. 34, p. 91, p. 96.
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Notes

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 December 12, 2007:

• GBIF-Spain, Instituto de Investigación CIBIO, Universidad de Alicante: CEUA
• 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: 2952099
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Dip-49965
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 2549834
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 640962

Footnotes

1. Standard Deviation = 307.570 based on 61,748 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

Curator for this page: Andrew E. Whittington. Date last reviewed: 12/30/1899

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