Bill Gates' flower fly
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| Species: | E. gatesi
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| Eristalis gatesi Thompson, 1997
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Bill Gates' flower fly (Eristalis gatesi) is a flower fly found only in Costa Rican high montane cloud forests and named after Bill Gates.[1] Another fly found in similar habitats was named after Gates' associate Paul Allen, called Paul Allen's flower fly (Eristalis alleni); according to Chris Thompson, the describer of these species, both names were in "recognition of [their] great contributions to the science of Dipterology".[2][3]
References
Wikispecies has information related to Eristalis gatesi.
- ^ "Bill Gates' Flower Fly". Retrieved 2008-05-24.
- ^ "Paul Allen's Flower Fly". Retrieved 2008-05-24.
- ^ Thompson, F. Christian (1997). "Revision of the Eristalis flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) of the Americas south of the United States" (PDF). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 99. Washington D.C.: Entomological Society of Washington: 209–237. ISSN 0013-8797. Retrieved 2009-06-19.