Eristalis stipator, the yellow-shouldered drone fly, is a species of hoverfly native to North America.[1][2][3][4] It is abundant in western North America, with a few scattered records in the east.[4] It flies from mid-May (or as early as February in the south of its range) to early November, and is known to hilltop.[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Genus: | Eristalis |
| Species: | E. stipator
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| Eristalis stipator Osten Sacken, 1877
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References
edit- ^ a b "Eristalis stipator Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Eristalis stipator". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Eristalis stipator species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ a b c Skevington, Jeffrey H.; Locke, Michelle M.; Young, Andrew D.; Moran, Kevin; Crins, William J.; Marshall, Stephen A. (2019). Field Guide to the Flower Flies of Northeastern North America. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691189406.
Further reading
edit- Telford, H. S. (1970). "Eristalis (Diptera: Syrphidae) from America North of Mexico". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 63 (5): 1201–1210. doi:10.1093/aesa/63.5.1201.
External links
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