Eristalinae

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Eristalinae
Eristalis tenax feeding on a flower
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Subfamily: Eristalinae
Tribes

Eristalinae (or Milesiinae) are one of the three subfamilies of the fly family Syrphidae, or hoverflies. A well-known species included in this subfamily is the dronefly, Eristalis tenax.[1][2]

References

  1. Bartsch, Hans (2009). Tvåvingar: Blomflugor Diptera: Syrphidae: Eristalinae & Microdontinae [Flies: hoverfly Diptera: Syrphidae: Eristalinae & Microdontinae] (Hard back). Nationalnyckeln/en/ (in Swedish) 2. The Swedish Taxonomy Initiative. pp. 1–478. ISBN 9789188506702. 
  2. Stubbs, Alan E.; Falk,, Steven J. (2002). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide (2nd of Revised edition ed.). British Entomological and Natural History Society. p. 469. ISBN 978-1899935055. 
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