Eristalis tenax

TaxID: 198635

Basic Information

Eristalis tenax

Drone Fly, drone fly

Eristalis tenax, the common drone fly, is a common, migratory, cosmopolitan species of hover fly. It is the most widely distributed syrphid species in the world, and is known from all regions except the Antarctic. It has been introduced into North America and is widely established. It can be found in gardens and fields in Europe and Australia. It has also been found in the Himalayas.

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Taxonomic Information

Metazoa

Arthropoda

Insecta

Diptera

Syrphidae

Eristalis

tenax

unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

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(c) Philip Mark Osso@BY-NC
Eristalis tenax
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(c) Gianni Del Bufalo bygdb@BY
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(c) Drepanostoma@BY
Eristalis tenax
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(c) hobiecat@BY-NC
Eristalis tenax
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(c) Ferran Turmo Gort@BY-NC-SA

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (1 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Egypt Disinfected-Admitted —

Distribution (99 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Afghanistan Present —
Albania Present —
Algeria Present —
Andorra Present —
Argentina Present —
Armenia Present —
Australia Present —
Austria Present —
Azerbaijan Present —
Belgium Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (3 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Assembly Accession Assembly Level Genome Size(Mb) Contig N50(Kb) Scaffold N50(Kb) BUSCO% Downloads Actions
GCA_905231855.2 Chromosome - - - - -
GCA_905231855.1 Chromosome 487 6649 77068 -
GCA_905231845.1 Scaffold - - - - -

Transcriptomes (3 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
ERR6054461 - - male 21465687 -
SRR15928270 whole body adult male 44052044 Spain: Alicante, Lab culture BioflyTech
SRR15928269 whole body adult female 43821081 Spain: Alicante, Lab culture BioflyTech

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

Literature