Bill Gates' flower fly

Bill Gates' flower fly (Eristalis gatesi) is a flower fly endemic to Costa Rica named after Bill Gates.^[1] Another fly found in similar habitats was named after Gates' associate Paul Allen, called Paul Allen's flower fly (Eristalis alleni); according to Chris Thompson, the describer of these species, both names were in "recognition of [their] great contributions to the science of Dipterology".^[2][3]

Bill Gates' flower fly
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Syrphidae
Genus:	Eristalis
Species:	E. gatesi
Binomial name
Eristalis gatesi Thompson, 1997

See also

• Costa Rica portal
• Animals portal
• Ecology portal

• List of organisms named after famous people (born 1950–present)