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Eristalis flavipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Family:
Syrphidae
Subfamily:
Eristalinae
Tribe:
Eristalini
Subtribe:
Eristalina
Genus:
Eristalis
Species:
E. flavipes
Binomial name
Eristalis flavipes
Walker, 1849
Synonyms
  • Eristalis americanus Loew, 1866
  • Eristalis melanostomus Hull, 1925
  • Eristalis rufipilis Osten Sacken, 1878
  • Musca tomentosa Gott, 1964

Eristalis flavipes, the orange-legged drone fly, is a species of hoverfly native to North America.[1] It flies from early April to mid-October, and occur in a wide variety of habitats, particularly wetlands.[1] E. flavipes measures 11-16 mm in length.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Skevington, Jeffrey H.; Locke, Michelle M.; Young, Andrew D.; Moran, Kevin; Crins, William J.; Marshall, Stephen A. (2019). Field Guide to the Flower Flies of Northeastern North America. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691189406.

Further reading

  • Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
  • Eristalis (Diptera: Syrphidae) from America North of Mexico, Telford H.S. 1970. Ann. Ent. Soc. Am. 63(5): 1201-1210.
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