| Eristalis abusiva | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Genus: | Eristalis |
| Species: | E. abusiva |
| Binomial name | |
| Eristalis abusiva Collin, 1931 | |
Eristalis abusiva is a European species of hoverfly. It is similar to Eristalis arbustorum . [1]
The wings are 8-9.5 mm in length. The scutellum is shiny. The face is covered with pale dust[ clarification needed ] (there is a narrow black stripe here in worn specimens) on the lower part. The apical half of the arista is bare and the basal half is very short-haired. The eyes have pale yellow hairs. The female eyes are separated. The tibia are pale black on the basal quarter or less. Tibia 2 is very pale. [2] [3] [4] [5] The male genitalia are figured by Hippa et al. (2001). [6] The larva is figured by Hartley (1961). [7]
Eristalis abusiva occurs from Palaearctic Fennoscandia and the Faroes (Jensen, 2001) south to North France, from Ireland eastwards through Europe and Russia to the Pacific coast. [8] [9]
The habitat is wetland, coastal fen and salt-marsh, marsh and fen, raised bog and cutover bog. [10] Flowers visited include yellow composites, white umbellifers, Calluna vulgaris, Caltha, Cirsium, Erica, Potentilla erecta, Ranunculus, Rubus fruticosus, Salix repens, Stellaria, Spartina. [11]
The flight period is beginning May to mid October. The larva is aquatic.
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Eristalis arbustorum, the European drone fly, is an abundant Northern Hemisphere species of syrphid fly, originally officially described by Linnaeus in 1758 as Musca arbustorum. The name "drone fly" is related to its similar appearance to the drone of the honeybee. Hoverflies get their names from the ability to remain nearly motionless while in flight. The adults are also known as flower flies as they are commonly found on and around flowers from which they get both energy-giving nectar and protein rich pollen. The larvae are aquatic filter-feeders of the long-tailed type.
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Meliscaeva auricollis is a West Palearctic species of hoverfly.
Parasyrphus annulatus is a Palearctic species of hoverfly.
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Epistrophe grossulariae is a Holarctic species of hoverfly.
Cheilosia bergenstammi is a widespread European species of hoverfly. Adults can be found in summer visiting ragwort flowers and this plant is also the larval hostplant.
Melanogaster hirtella is a European species of hoverfly.
Lejogaster metallina is a Palearctic species of hoverfly.
Parasyrphus vittiger is a species of hoverfly, from the family Syrphidae, in the order Diptera.
Parhelophilus versicolor is a European hoverfly.
Anasimyia lineata is a Palaearctic species of hoverfly.
Melangyna arctica is a Holarctic species of hoverfly.
Melangyna quadrimaculata is a European species of hoverfly.
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