#3868 · 🪰 flies & mosquitoes

Klaverzoenvlieg

Rivellia syngenesiae

🪰 Flies & mosquitoes 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Sylvester Kociniak · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Sylvester Kociniak · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. Noordwijk, Nederland:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
4. 9261 Eastermar, Netherlands:© Michael Bakker Paiva · CC BY 4.0
5. Voorschoten, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. 6525 ED Nijmegen, Netherlands:© Lars Willighagen · CC BY 4.0
7. 9261 Eastermar, Netherlands:© Michael Bakker Paiva · CC BY 4.0
8. Alterra, Wageningen, Netherlands:© marcel-silvius · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Gelderland, NL:© invasive_nerd · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Amsterdam Nieuw-West, Amsterdam, Nederland:© peterschiphof · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Rivellia syngenesiae is een vliegensoort uit de familie van de Platystomatidae. De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1781 door Fabricius.

base stats

NL sightings 49iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 762iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

Spotted 49 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
762 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1781 (245 years ago).

fact sheet

Nederlands: Klaverzoenvlieg
scientific name: Rivellia syngenesiae
class: Insecta
order: Diptera
family: Platystomatidae
sightings in NL: 49
sightings in Europe: 512
sightings worldwide: 762
GBIF records in NL: 2,886
weight: —
length: —
lifespan: —
named: 1781 by Johan Christian Fabricius

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 451405, Wikidata Q14149495, GBIF 1677968, Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.