Animalia > Arthropoda > Insecta > Diptera > Syrphidae > Eristalis > Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax (drone fly)Synonyms: Conops vulgaris; Eristalis alpinus; Eristalis campestris; Eristalis claripes; Eristalis cognatus (heterotypic); Eristalis columbicus; Eristalis hortorum; Eristalis rubix; Eristalis sinensis; Eristalis sylvaticus; Eristalis tenax campestris; Eristalis ventralis; Eristalis vulpinus; Eristalomya tenax; Musca porcina; Musca tenax (homotypic) Eristalis tenax is a European hoverfly, also known as the drone fly (or "dronefly"). It has been introduced into North America and is widely established. |
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IUCN Category |
Area acres |
Location |
Species |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
Aston Rowant |
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316 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Berwickshire and North Northumberland Coast |
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160731 |
England/Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Borrowdale Woodland Complex |
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1650 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Bracket`s Coppice |
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133 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Braunton Burrows |
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3328 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Briddlesford Copses |
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413 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Cairngorms |
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142543 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Cannock Chase |
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3057 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Cardigan Bay/ Bae Ceredigion |
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236876 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Clogwyni Pen Llyn/ Seacliffs of Lleyn |
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2591 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Coedwigoedd Penrhyn Creuddyn/ Creuddyn Peninsula Woods |
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294 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Coedydd Derw a Safleoedd Ystlumod Meirion/ Meirionnydd Oakwoods and Bat Sites |
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6953 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Cors Caron |
|
2130 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Corsydd Eifionydd |
|
357 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
|
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Corsydd Llyn/ Lleyn Fens |
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701 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Corsydd Môn/ Anglesey Fens |
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1154 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Crymlyn Bog/ Cors Crymlyn |
|
740 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Dee Estuary/ Aber Dyfrdwy |
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39057 |
England/Wales, United Kingdom |
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Dorset Heaths |
|
14161 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Dorset Heaths (Purbeck and Wareham) and Studland Dunes |
|
5491 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Dover to Kingsdown Cliffs |
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454 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Drigg Coast |
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3453 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Dungeness |
|
7966 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Durham Coast |
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973 |
England, United Kingdom |
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East Hampshire Hangers |
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1408 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Eryri/ Snowdonia |
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48773 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Essex Estuaries |
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114016 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Fenland |
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1529 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Fenn`s, Whixall, Bettisfield, Wem and Cadney Mosses |
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2346 |
England/Wales, United Kingdom |
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Humber Estuary |
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90582 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Isles of Scilly Complex |
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66350 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Kenfig/ Cynffig |
|
2945 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Limestone Coast of South West Wales/ Arfordir Calchfaen de Orllewin Cymru |
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3940 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Lizard Point |
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34565 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Mole Gap to Reigate Escarpment |
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2194 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Morecambe Bay |
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151985 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Norfolk Valley Fens |
|
1523 |
England, United Kingdom |
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North Northumberland Dunes |
|
2836 |
England, United Kingdom |
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North West Pembrokeshire Commons/ Comins Gogledd Orllewin Sir Benfro |
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615 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Pembrokeshire Bat Sites and Bosherston Lakes/ Safleoedd Ystlum Sir Benfro a Llynnoedd Bosherston |
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303 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Pembrokeshire Marine/ Sir Benfro Forol |
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341177 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Pen Llyn a`r Sarnau/ Lleyn Peninsula and the Sarnau |
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360832 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Plymouth Sound and Estuaries |
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15820 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Preseli |
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6686 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
|
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Rhos Llawr-cwrt |
|
114 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
|
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River Spey |
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14158 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Salisbury Plain |
|
52975 |
England, United Kingdom |
|
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Saltfleetby–Theddlethorpe Dunes and Gibraltar Point |
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2373 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Sandwich Bay |
|
2812 |
England, United Kingdom |
|
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Sefton Coast |
|
11278 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Severn Estuary/ Môr Hafren |
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182155 |
England/Wales, United Kingdom |
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Sidmouth to West Bay |
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2217 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Solway Firth |
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107829 |
England/Scotland, United Kingdom |
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South Pennine Moors |
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160577 |
England, United Kingdom |
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South Solway Mosses |
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4849 |
England, United Kingdom |
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South Wight Maritime |
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49082 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Start Point to Plymouth Sound & Eddystone |
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84204 |
England, United Kingdom |
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The Broads |
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14554 |
England, United Kingdom |
|
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The New Forest |
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72309 |
England, United Kingdom |
|
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Thorne Moor |
|
4718 |
England, United Kingdom |
|
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Tintagel–Marsland–Clovelly Coast |
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6004 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Windsor Forest and Great Park |
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4169 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Y Fenai a Bae Conwy/ Menai Strait and Conwy Bay |
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65440 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Y Twyni o Abermenai i Aberffraw/ Abermenai to Aberffraw Dunes |
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4623 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Ecology of Commanster♦ 2The reproductive ecology of Medicago citrina (Font Quer) Greuter (Leguminosae): a bee-pollinated plant in Mediterranean islands where bees are absent, C. Pérez-Bañón, A. Juan, T. Petanidou, Ma A. Marcos-García and M. B. Crespo, Plant Systematics and Evolution Volume 241, Numbers 1-2, 29-46 (2003) ♦ 3Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics. ♦ 4Robertson, C. Flowers and insects lists of visitors of four hundred and fifty three flowers. 1929. The Science Press Printing Company Lancaster, PA. ♦ 5Dupont YL, Hansen DM and Olesen JM (2003) Structure of a plant-flower-visitor network in the high-altitude sub-alpine desert of Tenerife, Canary Islands. Ecography 26:301-310
♦ 6Clements, R. E., and F. L. Long. 1923, Experimental pollination. An outline of the ecology of flowers and insects. Washington, D.C., USA, Carnegie Institute of Washington. ♦ 7Community studies in pollination ecology in the high temperate Andes of Central Chile. I. Pollination mechanisms and altitudinal variation., Arroyo, M. T. K., R. B. Primack, and J. J. Armesto. 1982. American Journal of Botany 69:82-97 |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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