Paul Allen's flower fly

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Paul Allen's flower fly

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

Paul Allen's flower fly (Eristalis alleni) is a flower fly found only in Costa Rican forest. It was named after Paul Allen. Another fly was also named after Allen's associate Bill Gates, Bill Gates' flower fly (Eristalis gatesi).[1]

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