Gold Coast Flies (Diptera)Blow Fly (Calliphora ochracea) Drone Fly (Eristalinus sp) Odontomyia hunteri Robber Fly (Asilidae) Vinegar Fly (Drosophila melanogaster)
Eristalinus is a genus of hoverfly, part of the Syrphids group of insects, commonly known as hoverflies, flower flies or Syrphids (order Diptera, family Syrphidae).
Like other members of this group of flies, they are usually easy to distinguish from other insects and the common flies, due to their morphology, their colour patterns, flying behaviour and feeding habits. The hover flies have a characteristic flight pattern, where they hover in one spot, moving suddenly forwards or sideways, then hovering again.
The adult hoverflies feed on pollen and nectar, making them important flower pollinators.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Diptera
- Unranked: Cyclorrhapha
- Informal: Aschiza
- Superfamily: Syrphoidea
- Family: Syrphidae
- Subfamily: Eristaliinae
- Tribe: Eristalini
- Subtribe: Eristalina
- Genus: Eristalinus
- Subgenus: Eristalinus (Lathyrophthalmus) Mik, 1897
Footnote & References
- Photographs © Stefan Jones
- Eristalinus Rondani, 1845, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https%3A//biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/abf2be93-7306-4f13-9a01-ec7b610a9654
Gold Coast Flies (Diptera)Blow Fly (Calliphora ochracea) Drone Fly (Eristalinus sp) Odontomyia hunteri Robber Fly (Asilidae) Vinegar Fly (Drosophila melanogaster)
Gold Coast InsectsAntlions, Lacewings, and Allies (Neuroptera) Ants Bees Beetles Bugs (Hemiptera & Heteroptera) Buterflies & Moths Flies (Diptera) Wasps
QueenslandGold Coast Region Lamington National Park Southern Downs QLD