Eristalis

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image_width = 240px
image_caption = "Eristalis tenax" on a "Lantana camara"
name = "Eristalis"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
subphylum = Hexapoda
classis = Insecta
subclassis = Pterygota
infraclassis = Neoptera
superordo = Endopterygota|
ordo = Diptera
subordo = Brachycera
infraordo = Muscomorpha
zoosectio = Aschiza
superfamilia = Syrphoidea
familia = Syrphidae
subfamilia = Eristalinae
genus = "Eristalis"
genus_authority = Latreille 1804
subdivision_ranks = Sub Genus
subdivision =*"Eoseristalis" Kanervo, 1938
*"Eristalis" Latreille 1804
synonyms = *"Elophilus" Meigen, 1803,
*"Eristaloides" Róndani, 1845
*"Eristalomya" Róndani, 1857
*"Eristalomyia" Verrall, 1882
*"Helophilus" Leach, 1817
*"Tubifera" Meigen, 1800 [cite book|author=Stubbs, Alan E. and Falk, Steven J.|year=1983 |title=British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide|pages=253, xvpp |publisher=British Entomological & Natural History Society]

"Eristalis" is a large genus of flower flies, family Syrphidae, in the order Diptera. One of the more common species in the genus, "Eristalis tenax" is also known as the "dronefly", because it bears a superficial resemblance to honeybee drones. Droneflies and their relatives are fairly common generalist pollinators, the larvae of which are aquatic, and breathe through a long, snorkel-like appendage, hence the common name rat-tailed maggots.

ystematics

"Eristalis" is a large genus, and is subdivided into several subgenera and species groups ("Eristalomyia", "Eristalis", "Eoeristalis" etc.).Species include:

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