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Drone Flies and Allies
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Drone Flies and Allies

Eristalinae

Eristalinae (or Milesiinae) are one of the three subfamilies of the fly family Syrphidae, or hoverflies. A well-known species included in this subfamily is the dronefly, Eristalis tenax.

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8 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first

Rat-tail Maggot Flies

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Milesiini

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Volucellini

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Rhingiini

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Merodontini

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Brachyopini

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Cerioidini

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Callicerini

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Where it lives

Recorded sightings

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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.

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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 326181.