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Eristalis

Insecta - Diptera - Syrphidae

Taxonomy
Eristalis was named by Latreille (1804). It is extant.

It was assigned to Eristalinae by Statz (1940); to Eristalini by Hull (1949); to Syrphidae by Scudder (1877), Scudder (1890), Carpenter (1992); and to Eristalina by Mengual et al. (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1804Eristalis Latreille p. 194
1877Eristalis Scudder p. 756
1890Eristalis Scudder p. 558
1940Eristalis Statz p. 143
1949Eristalis Hull p. 395
1992Eristalis Carpenter
2015Eristalis Mengual et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderDiptera
—NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
suborderBrachyceraZetterstedt 1842
—Heterodactyla
—Eremoneura
suborderCyclorrhapha()
familySyrphidae()
subfamilyEristalinae
tribeEristalini
subtribeEristalina
genusEristalisLatreille 1804

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Eristalis Latreille 1804
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†Eristalis lapideus Scudder 1877
†Eristalis miocaenicus Stackelberg 1925
†Eristalis paucisinuatus Theobald 1937
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Bridgerian to the top of the Middle Miocene or 51.10000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bridgerian51.1 - 45.9USA (Colorado) E. lapideus (121146)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) E. sp pupa (122010)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France (Bouches-Du-Rhone) E. paucisinuatus (122508)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Russian Federation (Stavropol) Tubifera miocaenica (164237)