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Eristalis November 2007 2🪰

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SpeciesDipteraSyrphidae
Arthropods

🪰Eristalis tenax

Eristalis tenax (Linnaeus, 1758)

L'éristale gluant(e) ou éristale tenace (Eristalis tenax) est une espèce d'insectes diptères brachycères de la famille des Syrphidae et de la sous-famille des Eristalinae. C'est une mouche inoffensive rappelant principalement l'abeille domestique mâle ou faux-bourdon. C'est le plus commun des éristales d'Europe où il butine de nombreuses espèces de fleurs (rôle dans la pollinisation). Ces éristales, comme plusieurs autres espèces de syrphes, sont capables d'effectuer de longues migrations deux fois par an.

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drone fly
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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumArthropoda
  3. ›classInsecta
  4. ›orderDiptera
  5. ›familySyrphidae
  6. ›genusEristalis
  7. ›speciesEristalis tenax
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  1. classInsects · Insecta
  2. orderFlies · Diptera
  3. tribeEristalini
  4. genusEristalis
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. subphylumHexapoda
  4. classInsects · Insecta
  5. subclassPterygota
  6. orderFlies · Diptera
  7. suborderBrachycera
  8. familySyrphidae
  9. subfamilyEristalinae
  10. tribeEristalini
  11. genusEristalis
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kuhnurikärpänen (fi), Éristale gluante (fr), 꽃등에 (ko), stor droneflue (nb), blinde bij (nl), Gnojka wytrwała (pl) … and 20 more languages
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Eristalis November 2007 2Eristalis tenax ♀, Parc de Woluwé, Bruxelles (49891350211)Dronefly (Eristalis tenax) ♂, Parc de Woluwé, Bruxelles (28517460917)
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