Baccha elongata (Fabricius, 1775)
(a hoverfly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesBaccha elongata (a hoverfly)
TribeBacchini (a tribe of hoverflies)
SubfamilySYRPHINAE (a subfamily of hoverflies)
FamilySYRPHIDAE (hover flies, drone flies, flower flies, hoverfly)
SuperfamilySYRPHOIDEA (hover flies, drone flies, flower flies & big-headed flies)
InfraorderEremoneura - Cyclorrhapha (an infraorder of flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Baccha elongata (a hoverfly) :
1: Baccha elongata (a hoverfly)
28 Sep 2015 OSGR: SZ19 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Female, by general sweeping
Image 1: Female - abdomen - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - wings apart - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - dorsal view - wings together - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Wing - highly enlarged - white background
2: Baccha elongata (a hoverfly)
29 Aug 2015 OSGR: SE86 54° 10’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: South-east Yorks (VC 61) England
Male, visiting Meadowsweet
Image 1: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver background
3: Baccha elongata (a hoverfly)
10 Aug 2013 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Female, in old shed, at window
Image 1: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - latero-dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver background

Baccha elongata (a hoverfly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Baccha elongata (a hoverfly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Baccha elongata (a hoverfly)
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