Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective

Paul Allen's flower fly

Species of fly From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Remove ads

Paul Allen's flower fly (Eristalis alleni) is a flower fly found only in Costa Rican forests in the central highlands. It was named after Paul Allen. Another fly was also named after Allen's associate Bill Gates, Bill Gates' flower fly (Eristalis gatesi).[1]

Quick Facts Scientific classification, Binomial name ...

It is similar in appearance to Eristalis circe Williston, 1891 and Eristalis persa Williston, 1891, but has different leg colouration.[2]

Remove ads

Biology

Little is known of its biology, but most adults are found in association with flowers in the genus Senecio.[2]

References

Loading related searches...

Wikiwand - on

Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.

Remove ads