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Eristalina
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Eristalina

Eristalina is a subtribe of hoverflies with 17 genera. Several species are well-known bee mimics, such as the drone fly (Eristalis tenax). The larvae live in aquatic and moist organic material, often with low oxygen levels using a posterior breathing tube, thus the common name—the "rat-tailed maggot".

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14 branches of this group, most-observed first

Drone Flies

genusEristalis

Lagoon Flies

genusEristalinus

Plushback Flies

genusPalpada

Phytomia

genusPhytomia

Elegant Flies

genusMeromacrus

Austalis

genusAustalis

Senaspis

genusSenaspis

Lycastrirhyncha

genusLycastrirhyncha

Kertesziomyia

genusKertesziomyia

Dissoptera

genusDissoptera

Axona

genusAxona

Solenaspis

genusSolenaspis

Keda

genusKeda

Meromacroides

genusMeromacroides

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 520020.