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Eristalinus

{{Short description|Genus of flies}}

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| image_caption = Eristalinus fuscicornis

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| taxon = Eristalinus

| authority = Rondani, 1845{{cite journal |last1=Rondani |first1=C. |title=Ordinamento sistematico dei generi italiani degli insetti ditteri [part]. |journal=Nuovi Ann. Sci. Nat. Bologna 1844 |date=1845 |volume=2 |issue=2 |pages=443–459}}

| type_species = Musca sepulchralis

| type_species_authority = Linnaeus, 1758

| subdivision_ranks = Subgenus

| subdivision = *Eristalinus Rondani, 1845

  • Eristalodes Mik, 1897{{cite journal |last1=Mik |first1=J. |title=Einige Bemerkungen zur Dipteren-Familie der Syrphiden [part] |journal=Wiener Entomologische Zeitung |date=1897 |volume=16 |pages=61–66 |doi=10.5962/bhl.part.12834 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12065714#page/81/mode/1up |access-date=6 July 2021}}
  • Helophilina Becker, 1922
  • Lathyrophthalmus Mik, 1897
  • Merodonoides Curran, 1931{{cite journal |last1=Curran |first1=C.H. |title=Records and descriptions of Syrphidae from North Borneo including Mt. Kinabalu |journal=Journal of the Federated Malay States Museums |date=1931 |volume=16 |pages=333–376}}

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Eristalinus is a genus of hoverfly. Most species have very distinctive eye marking in the form of spots or banding, though these features may fade on some preserved specimens. Most are stout flies, and are nimble flyers, even compared to other hoverfly species.

Systematics

At one time the members of this genus were divided into three clades (Eristalinus, Eristalodes and Lathyrophthalmus) based on morphological characters such as whether the eyes were spotted or striped. Recently Pérez-Bañon et al. studying the European species of Eristalinus using a combination of molecular data and male genitalia characters have determined that the genus in Europe at least, divides neatly into two clades - Eristalinus (+ Lathyrophthalmus) & Eristalodes. It was also discovered that the eye patterning was not taxonomically important as Eristalodes contained members with eyes either spotted or striped.{{cite journal| author= Brigitte Howarth| year= 2006| title= Diptera of the UAE - collated records from the literature with additions of new records, accompanied by some notes on Mydidae and Stratiomyidae new to the UAE| journal= Tribulus| volume= 16| issue= 2| pages= 24–29| publisher= Emirates Natural History Group| location= Abu Dhabi| url= http://www.enhg.org/trib/V16N2/TribulusV16N2P24-29.pdf| access-date= 6 January 2009| archive-date= 28 July 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110728071704/http://www.enhg.org/trib/V16N2/TribulusV16N2P24-29.pdf| url-status= dead}}{{cite journal|author1=Hassan Ghahari |author2=Rüstem Hayat |author3=Mehrdad Tabari |author4=Hadi Ostovan | year= 2008| title = Hover Flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) From Rice Fields and Around Grasslands of Northern Iran| journal = Munis Entomology & Zoology | volume = 3| issue = 1| pages = 275–284| publisher = Munis Research Group| location= Ankara, Turkey| url= http://www.munisentzool.org/yayin/vol3/issue1/275-284.pdf| access-date = 6 January 2009}}{{cite journal |author=F. Christian Thompson |title=Austalis, a new genus of flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) with revisionary notes on related genera |journal=Zootaxa |volume=246 |year=2003 |pages=1–19 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.246.1.1 |url=http://www.sel.barc.usda.gov/Diptera/people/FCT_pdf/austalis.pdf |access-date=2010-01-31 |issn=1175-5326 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100123054922/http://www.sel.barc.usda.gov/diptera/people/FCT_pdf/austalis.pdf |archive-date=2010-01-23 }}

The following list is an attempt to organise some of the species under subgeneric headings:

List of species by subgenus

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Eristalinus

Lathyrophthalmus

(around 80 species; found worldwide)

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Eristalodes

(13 species; Palearctic, Afrotropical, Oriental){{cite journal| author= Perez-Banon, C.|author2=Rojo S. |author3=Stahls G. |author4=Marcos-Garcia M. A. | year= 2003| title= Taxonomy of European Eristalinus (Diptera: Syrphidae) based on larval morphology and molecular data| journal= Eur. J. Entomol. | volume= 100| issue= 3| pages= 417–428| issn= 1802-8829 | url= http://www.eje.cz/pdfarticles/217/eje_100_3_417_Perez.pdf| access-date= 31 January 2011 | doi=10.14411/eje.2003.064| doi-access= free}}

Helophilina

(1 species; Afrotropical)

Merodonoides Curran, 1931

(8 species; Afrotropical, Oriental)

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Gallery

File:Eristalinus sepulchralis.jpg|Eristalinus sepulchralis

File:Eristalinus megacephalus.jpg|Eristalinus megacephalus

File:Eristalinus fuscicornis.jpg|Eristalinus fuscicornis

File:Branded Eye Drone.jpg|Eristalinus taeniops

File:Eristalinus (Lathyropthalmus) aeneus male side.jpg|Eristalinus aeneus

File:Eristalinus punctulatus 3.jpg|Eristalinus punctulatus

File:Eristalinus quinquestriatus1.jpg|Eristalinus quinquestriatus

References

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External links

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  • For photos of North American species see BugGuide page: http://bugguide.net/node/view/33249/bgimage?from=0

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Category:Hoverfly genera

Category:Diptera of Africa

Category:Diptera of Asia

Category:Diptera of Europe

Category:Eristalini

Category:Taxa named by Camillo Rondani