Eristalinus sepulchralis

Eristalinus sepulchralis
male
female
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Genus: Eristalinus
Species:
E. sepulchralis
Binomial name
Eristalinus sepulchralis
Synonyms
  • Eristalinus ater (Harris, 1776)
  • Eristalinus melanius (Harris, 1776)
  • Musca ater Harris, 1776
  • Musca melanius Harris, 1776
  • Musca sepulchralis Linnaeus, 1758

Eristalinus sepulchralis is a European species of hoverfly. The species are brownish-white from a close up, and look like a wasp. From a distance though, they are yellowish-black coloured, and look like a bumble bee. The species can be found throughout Europe in the Baltic states, North Europe, Central, Southern and Western Europe and across the Palaearctic to Kamchatka, Japan, China and India. Finland, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Norway, and the Netherlands.

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