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Eristalis stipator

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Species of insect

Eristalis stipator
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Genus: Eristalis
Species: E. stipator
Binomial name
Eristalis stipator
Osten Sacken, 1877
Synonyms
  • Eristalis californicus Nayar and Cole, 1969
  • Eristalis latifrons Loew, 1866

Eristalis stipator, the yellow-shouldered drone fly, is a species of hoverfly native to North America. It is abundant in western North America, with a few scattered records in the east. It flies from mid-May (or as early as February in the south of its range) to early November, and is known to hilltop.

References

  1. ^ "Eristalis stipator Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. "Eristalis stipator". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. "Eristalis stipator species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  4. ^ Skevington, Jeffrey H.; Locke, Michelle M.; Young, Andrew D.; Moran, Kevin; Crins, William J.; Marshall, Stephen A. (2019). Field Guide to the Flower Flies of Northeastern North America. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691189406.

Further reading

  • Telford, H. S. (1970). "Eristalis (Diptera: Syrphidae) from America North of Mexico". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 63 (5): 1201–1210. doi:10.1093/aesa/63.5.1201.

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