Eristalini
(a tribe of hoverflies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Anasimyia
a genus of hoverflies
Male (Click to open)
 		Genus 2 subtaxa 37 images
Eristalinus
a genus of flies
Female (Click to open)
 		Genus 2 subtaxa 26 images
Eristalis
droneflies
Male (Click to open)
 		Genus 7 subtaxa 143 images 1 ident. refs
Helophilus
a genus of hoverflies
Female (Click to open) (Click to open)
 		Genus 3 subtaxa 86 images 1 ident. refs
Mallota cimbiciformis
a hoverfly
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 		Species 7 images
Myathropa florea
Batman Hoverfly
Female (Click to open) (Click to open)Puparium (Click to open)
 		Species 18 images
Parhelophilus
a genus of hoverflies
Male (Click to open)
 		Genus 2 subtaxa 24 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
TribeEristalini (a tribe of hoverflies)
SubfamilyMILESIINAE (a subfamily of hoverflies)
FamilySYRPHIDAE (hover flies, drone flies, flower flies, hoverfly)
SuperfamilySYRPHOIDEA (hover flies, drone flies, flower flies & big-headed flies)
InfraorderEremoneura - Cyclorrhapha (an infraorder of flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource

Larvae

() Dolezil, Z. 1972 Developmental stages of the tribe Eristalini (Diptera, Syrphidae) Acta entomologica bohemoslovaca Vol 69: 339-350.

Eristalini (a tribe of hoverflies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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