Bill Gates' flower fly

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iBill Gates' flower fly

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Genus: Eristalis
Species: E. gatesi
Binomial name
Eristalis gatesi
Thompson, 1997

Bill Gates' flower fly (Eristalis gatesi) is a flower fly found only in the Costa Rican forest. It was named after Bill Gates for his contributions to dipterology. Another fly was also named after Gates' associate Paul Allen, Paul Allen's flower fly (Eristalis alleni).

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