Eristalis
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{{Taxobox | image = Eristalis September 2007-1.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = ''Eristalis tenax'' on a ''Lantana camara''
| name = ''Eristalis''
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Arthropod]]a
| subphylum = [[Hexapoda]]
| classis = [[Insect]]a
| subclassis = [[Pterygota]]
| infraclassis = [[Neoptera]]
| superordo = [[Endopterygota]]|
| ordo = [[Fly|Diptera]]
| familia = [[Syrphidae]]
| subfamilia = [[Eristalinae]]
| genus = '''''Eristalis'''''
| genus_authority = Latreille 1804
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
many, see text<br>
}}
'''''Eristalis''''' is a large genus of [[flower fly|flower flies]], family Syrphidae, in the order [[Diptera]]. One of the more common species in the genus, ''[[Eristalis tenax]]'' is also known as the ''dronefly'', because it bears a superficial resemblance to [[honeybee]] [[drone (honeybee)|drones]]. Droneflies and their relatives are fairly common generalist [[pollinator]]s, the larvae of which are aquatic, and breathe through a long, [[Snorkeling|snorkel]]-like appendage, hence the common name '''rat-tailed maggots'''.
==Systematics==
''Eristalis'' is a large genus, and is subdivided into several subgenera and species groups (''Eristalomyia'', ''Eristalis'', ''Eoeristalis'' etc.).
Species include:
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*''[[Eristalis abusivus]]''
*''[[Eristalis alleni]]''
*''[[Eristalis alpina]]''
*''[[Eristalis anthophorina]]''
*''[[Eristalis arbustorum]]''
*''[[Eristalis barda]]''
*''[[Eristalis brousii]]''
*''[[Eristalis cryptarum]]''
*''[[Eristalis cyatheus]]''
*''[[Eristalis dimidiatus]]''
*''[[Eristalis fenestrata]]''
*''[[Eristalis flavipes]]''
*''[[Eristalis fratercula]]''
*''[[Eristalis gatesi]]''
*''[[Eristalis gomonojunovae]]''
*''[[Eristalis hirta]]''
*''[[Eristalis interrupta]]''
*''[[Eristalis intricaria]]''
*''[[Eristalis jugorum]]''
*''[[Eristalis latifrons]]''
*''[[Eristalis lineata]]''
*''[[Eristalis lunata]]''
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*''[[Eristalis marfax]]''
*''[[Eristalis nemorum]]''
*''[[Eristalis obscura]]''
*''[[Eristalis oestracea]]''
*''[[Eristalis picea]]''
*''[[Eristalis precipuus]]''
*''[[Eristalis reflugens]]''
*''[[Eristalis rossica]]''
*''[[Eristalis rupium]]''
*''[[Eristalis saphirina]]''
*''[[Eristalis saxorum]]''
*''[[Eristalis seniculus]]''
*''[[Eristalis similis]]''
*''[[Eristalis stipator]]''
*''[[Eristalis tecta]]''
*''[[Eristalis tenax]]''
*''[[Eristalis transversus]]''
*''[[Eristalis tricolor]]''
|}
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[[Category:Agricultural beneficial insects]]
[[Category:Hoverflies]]
[[Category:Pollinators]]
[[Category:Flies]]
[[es:Eristalis]]
[[fr:Éristale]]
[[no:Dronefluer]]
[[uk:Бджоловидка]]