Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods) ➔ Class Insecta (Insects) ➔ Order Diptera (True flies) ➔ Family Syrphidae (Hoverflies)

Eristalis (Eoseristalis) lineata (Harris, 1776)

Garten-Keilfleckschwebfliege

Synonyms and other combinations:

Eristalis basifemorata Brunetti, 1923 | Eristalis flavicinctus Fabricius, 1805 | Musca cinctus Harris, 1776 | Musca leneatus Harris, 1780 | Musca lunula Villers, 1789 | Syrphus flavocinctus Fallen, 1810 |

  • Eristalis lineata, female 611
    Eristalis lineata (Harris, 1776)  Garten-Keilfleckschwebfliege   
    Eristalis lineata, female
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald; 2006-08-20 11:19:33
    Image number: 611
    female
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
    2006-08-20 11:19:33
  • Eristalis lineata, male 624
    Eristalis lineata (Harris, 1776)  Garten-Keilfleckschwebfliege   
    Eristalis lineata, male
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald; 2005-08-14 11:35:32
    Image number: 624
    male
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
    2005-08-14 11:35:32
  • Eristalis lineata, female 933
    Eristalis lineata (Harris, 1776)  Garten-Keilfleckschwebfliege   
    Eristalis lineata, female
    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz; 2009-08-02 12:32:51
    Image number: 933
    female
    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz
    2009-08-02 12:32:51
  • Eristalis cf. lineata, female 618
    Eristalis lineata (Harris, 1776)  Garten-Keilfleckschwebfliege   
    Eristalis cf. lineata, female
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald; 2005-09-18 12:02:17
    Image number: 618
    female
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
    2005-09-18 12:02:17
  • Eristalis cf. lineata, female 619
    Eristalis lineata (Harris, 1776)  Garten-Keilfleckschwebfliege   
    Eristalis cf. lineata, female
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald; 2005-09-18 12:03:07
    Image number: 619
    female
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
    2005-09-18 12:03:07
  • Eristalis cf. lineata, female 625
    Eristalis lineata (Harris, 1776)  Garten-Keilfleckschwebfliege   
    Eristalis cf. lineata, female
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald; 2005-09-18 12:04:19
    Image number: 625
    female
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
    2005-09-18 12:04:19

Classification:
Eristalis lineata belongs to the subfamily Eristalinae, tribe Eristalini.
Distribution:
Fennoscandia south to North Africa; from Ireland eastwards through much of Europe into Russia and on through Siberia to the Pacific coast (Sakhalin); India.
Habitat:
Wet deciduous and coniferous forests, wetlands, margins of pools, brooks and rivers.
Description:
Eristalis lineata has a body length of 11 - 14.5 mm. The whitish-haired face shows a bare, broad, shiny black median strip. The 2nd abdominal segment is completely dull and has a pair of brownish yellow spots. Sometimes the 3rd abdominal segment along the front edge is brownish yellow. The hind legs are yellow at the base. The hind feet are black. At the center of the wing is a more or less clear zigzag band. The wing stigma is 1.5 - 2 times as long as it is wide.
Biology:
Eristalis lineata flies in several generations from April to October. Adults visit the flowers of a wide range of Compositae, Umbelliferae, Ranunculaceae and Rosaceae and also some plants from other families.
In the breeding of the species, the larvae hatched from the eggs after 2 to 3 days developed in 12 to 13 days. The pupal stage lasted 9 - 11 days (Doležil 1972).
Annotation:
Eristalis lineata (Harris, 1776) = Eristalis horticola (De Geer, 1776)

References, further reading, links:
  1. Pape T. & Thompson F.C. (eds) (2017). Systema Dipterorum (version 2.0, Jan 2011). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2017 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds.). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2017. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X.
  2. M.C.D.Speight: Species Accounts of European Syrphidae (Diptera), Glasgow 2011, Syrph the Net, the database of European Syrphidae, vol. 65, 285 pp., Syrph the Net publications, Dublin.
  3. Gerald Bothe: Bestimmungsschlüssel für die Schwebfliegen (Diptera, Syrphidae) Deutschlands und der Niederlande, DJN, 1984, ISBN 3-923376-07-3
  4. Menno Reemer, Willem Renema, Wouter van Steenis, Theo Zeegers, Aat Barendregt, John T. Smit, Mark P. van Veen, Jeroen van Steenis, Laurens van der Leij: De Nederlandse Zweefvliegen (Diptera: Syrphidae), Nederlandse Fauna 8, 2009.
  5. Speight, M.C.D. & Sarthou, J.-P. (2014) StN keys for the identification of the European species of various genera of Syrphidae (Diptera) 2014 / Clés StN pour la détermination des espèces Européennes de plusieurs genres des Syrphidae (Diptères) 2014. Syrph the Net, the database of European Syrphidae, Vol. 80, 125 pp, Syrph the Net publications, Dublin