chainfruit vs Hover fly

Alyxia ilicifolia compared with Eumerus strigatus

Key Differences

• chainfruit is Least Concern while Hover fly is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	chainfruit	Hover fly
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Diptera (Diptera)
Family	Apocynaceae	Syrphidae
Genus	Alyxia	Eumerus
Species	Alyxia ilicifolia	Eumerus strigatus

Conservation Status

chainfruit

LC — Least Concern

Hover fly

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	chainfruit	Hover fly
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

chainfruit

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Hover fly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found across Europe (5 countries) and North America (United States).

chainfruit

The Chainfruit (Alyxia ilicifolia) is a species in the genus Alyxia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.