Eristalis pertinax (Scopoli, 1763)
(a dronefly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesEristalis pertinax (a dronefly)
GenusEristalis (droneflies)
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)
Records of Eristalis pertinax (a dronefly) :
1: Eristalis pertinax (a dronefly)
18 Apr 2013 OSGR: SY68 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
male, sunning on fallen Ivy
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - pale backgroundImage 2: Male - ventral view - pale backgroundImage 3: Male - antennae - anterior view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 4: Male - head - anterior view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 5: Male - head - dorsal view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 6: Male - head - lateral view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 7: Male - lateral view - enlarged - pale backgroundImage 8: Wing - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 9: Wing - highly enlarged - pale background (2)
2: Eristalis pertinax (a dronefly)
8 Aug 2004 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Male, at Hemp Agrimony flowers
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - grey backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - grey background (2)Image 3: Male - fore tibia and tarsus - highly enlargedImage 4: Male - head and fore-tarsus - anterior view - highly enlargedImage 5: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - highly enlargedImage 6: Male - head - anterior view - highly enlargedImage 7: Male - head - anterior view - highly enlarged (2)Image 8: Male - lateral view - enlarged - grey backgroundImage 9: Male - ventral view - enlarged - grey background
3: Eristalis pertinax (a dronefly)
9 Jul 1998 OSGR: SU68 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - wings apartImage 2: Male - lateral view
4: Eristalis pertinax (a dronefly)
16 Aug 1997 OSGR: SS78 51° 30’ N, 3° 40’ W Vice County: Glam (VC 41) Wales
Male, at Angelica flowers
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - wings apartImage 2: Male - dorsal view - wings togetherImage 3: Male - lateral viewImage 4: Male - ventral view
5: Eristalis pertinax (a dronefly)
25 Aug 1971 OSGR: TQ20 50° 50’ N, 0° 10’ W Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14) England
Female
Image 1: Female - front three-quarter view - enlargedImage 2: Female - latero-dorsal view - enlarged

Eristalis pertinax (a dronefly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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