Eristalis tenax

Synonymy

• Musca tenax Linnaeus, 1758: 591 (protonym)
  • Lectotype: ♂, LSL. LINN 3183 [designated by Thompson et al., 1982: 160]
  • Type locality: Sweden
• Conops vulgaris Scopoli, 1763: 354
• Eristalis vulgaris (Scopoli, 1763)
• Musca porcina De Geer, 1776: 98
• Eristalis porcina (De Geer, 1776)
• Musca apiformis Geoffroy, 1785: 488 [in Fourcroy, 1785]
• Eristalis apiformis (Geoffroy, 1785)
• Eristalis campestris Meigen, 1822: 387
• Eristalis hortorum Meigen, 1822: 387
• Eristalis sylvaticus Meigen, 1822: 388
• Eristalis vulpinus Meigen, 1822: 388
• Eristalis sinensis Wiedemann, 1824: 37
• Eristalis cognatus Wiedemann, 1824: 37
• Eristalis columbica Macquart, 1855: 108 [synonymized by Thompson, 1997: 214]
  • Lectotype: ♀, BMNH [designated by Thompson, 1997: 214]
  • Type locality: Columbia
• Eristalis ventralis Thompson, 1869: 489
• Eristalis alpinus Strobl, 1893
• Eristalis tenax var. claripes Santos Abreu, 1924

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL Reference page. 
• Scopoli, J.A. 1763. Entomologia Carniolica exhibens insecta Carnioliae indigena et distributa in ordines, genera, species, varietates: methodo Linnaeana. pp. 1–35, 1–420. Trattner, Vindobonae [Vienna]. BHL Reference page. 
• De Geer, C. 1776. Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire des Insectes. Tome sixième. Pierre Hesselberg, Stockholm. viii + 522 pp., 30 pls. Gallica. Google books Reference page. 
• Fourcroy, A. F., 1785. Entomologia Parisiensis; sive, Catalogus insectorum quae in agro Parisiensi reperiuntur 2. 233–544 pp. BHL. Reference page. 
• Meigen, J. 1822. Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäischen zweiflügeligen Insekten 3, i–x; 1–416; pls. 22–32. Hamm, Schulz-Wundermann'sche Buchhandlung. BHL. Reference page. 
• Wiedemann, C.R.W. 1824. Munus rectoris in Academia Christiana Albertina aditurus analecta entomologica ex Museo Regio Havniensi maxime congesta profert iconibusque illustrat. Regio typographeo scholarum, Kiliae [= Kiel]. 60 pp., 1 pl. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.77322 . BHL. Reference page. 
• Macquart, J. 1855. Diptères exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus. 5e supplément. Mémoires de la Société Impériale des sciences, de l'agriculture et des arts de Lille (ser.2) 1: 25–156. BHL [Also reprinted separately with different pagination: 5–136, see Crosskey, 1980: 1067.] Reference page. 
• Thompson, C.G. 1869. Diptera. Species nova descripsit. Pp. 443–614. In: Kongliga svenska fregatten Eugenies resa omkring jorden under befäl af C.A. Virgin, åren 1851–1853. 2 (Zoologi) 1, Insecta. "1868". P.A. Norstedt & Soner, Stockholm. 617 pp., pl. 9. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Thompson, F.C., Vockeroth, J.R., Speight, M.C.D. 1982. The Linnaean species of flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae). Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Washington 10: 150–165. hdl: 10088/17482 Reference page. 
• Thompson, F.C. 1997. Revision of the Eristalis flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) of the Americas South of the United States. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 99(2): 209–237. hdl: 10088/17085 BHL Reference page. 
• Skevington, J.H., Locke, M.M., Young, A.D., Moran, K.M., Crins, W.J. & Marshall, S.A. 2019. Field Guide to the Flower Flies of Northeastern North America. Princeton Field Guides 118. Princeton University Press. 515 pp. DOI: 10.2307/j.ctv7xbrvz JSTOR ISBN 978-0691189406 (print) ISBN 978-0691192512 (ebook) Reference page. 

Links

• Eristalis tenax – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Nomenclator Detail Record. Conops vulgaris Scopoli, 1763: 354. Record #49935. Systema Dipterorum (www.diptera.org) version 6.0, last updated 3 February 2025. Evenhuis, N.L. & Pape, T.. Accessed: 4 April 2025.

• Nomenclator Detail Record. Musca porcina De Geer, 1776: 96. Record #49933. Systema Dipterorum (www.diptera.org) version 6.0, last updated 3 February 2025. Evenhuis, N.L. & Pape, T.. Accessed: 4 April 2025.

• Nomenclator Detail Record. Musca apiformis Geoffroy, 1785: 488. Record #185619. Systema Dipterorum (www.diptera.org) version 6.0, last updated 3 February 2025. Evenhuis, N.L. & Pape, T.. Accessed: 4 April 2025.

• Nomenclator Detail Record. Eristalis hortorum Meigen, 1822: 387. Record #49939. Systema Dipterorum (www.diptera.org) version 6.0, last updated 3 February 2025. Evenhuis, N.L. & Pape, T.. Accessed: 4 April 2025.

• Nomenclator Detail Record. Eristalis sylvaticus Meigen, 1822: 388. Record #49934. Systema Dipterorum (www.diptera.org) version 6.0, last updated 3 February 2025. Evenhuis, N.L. & Pape, T.. Accessed: 4 April 2025.

• Nomenclator Detail Record. Eristalis vulpinus Meigen, 1822: 388. Record #49936. Systema Dipterorum (www.diptera.org) version 6.0, last updated 3 February 2025. Evenhuis, N.L. & Pape, T.. Accessed: 4 April 2025.

• Nomenclator Detail Record. Eristalis ventralis Thompson, 1869: 489. Record #44816. Systema Dipterorum (www.diptera.org) version 6.0, last updated 3 February 2025. Evenhuis, N.L. & Pape, T.. Accessed: 4 April 2025.

• Nomenclator Detail Record. Eristalis tenax var. claripes Santos Abreu, 1924: 104. Record #48892. Systema Dipterorum (www.diptera.org) version 6.0, last updated 3 February 2025. Evenhuis, N.L. & Pape, T.. Accessed: 4 April 2025.