MCZ Entomology 603733

Eristalis tenax (Linnaeus)

Date Collected:

2007-10-03

North America: United States: Massachusetts: Suffolk | Thompson Island

Current Identification
Eristalis tenax (Linnaeus)
Animalia Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Pterygota Diptera Brachycera Syrphoidea Syrphidae Eristalinae
Common Name(s): asticot à queue-de-rat; drone fly; eristale; rattailed maggot
Determiner: F. Christian Thompson on 2011-12-31
Nature of ID: expert ID
Remarks: ; Determination date is an upper bound. Determinations made by F.C. Thompson

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  • BHI number: BHI-003808

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (pinned) good in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
sex Male By: F. Christian Thompson 2011-12-31
age class adult By: F. Christian Thompson 2011-12-31

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  • Labels: Specimen Notes: ; LK 11.21

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  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Massachusetts
  • County:
  • Suffolk
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/1002923 linked data icon
  • Specific Locality:
  • Thompson Island
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • USA: MA, Suffolk, Thompson Island, (TH-NET 26.07) 42°19'2''N, 71°0'31''W 3 October 2007, aerial net coll. J. Rykken
  • Locality Remarks:
  • GE coordinate--habitat unknown
  • Georeference:
  • 42.3172222°, -71.008611° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: Needham 6th Grade on 2010-10-14 (Source: GPS)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (42° 19′ 2″ N  71° 0′ 31″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 2007-10-03
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 3 October 2007
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • almost all off goldenrod (seaside) in small, restoration marsh
  • Collecting Event/Field Number:
  • TH-NET 26.07 (Boston Harbor Islands ATBI Samples of Boston Harbor Islands Terrestrial Invertebrate ATBI Team)
  • Collector:
  • Jessica Rykken

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  • [Masked]