Brachyopa scutellaris Robineau-Desvoidy, 1843
(a hoverfly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesBrachyopa scutellaris (a hoverfly)
GenusBrachyopa (a genus of hoverflies)
TribeChrysogastrini (a tribe of hoverflies)
SubfamilyMILESIINAE (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 Brachyopa scutellaris (a hoverfly) :
1: Brachyopa scutellaris (a hoverfly)
18 May 2007 OSGR: TF71 52° 40’ N, 0° 30’ E Vice County: West Norfolk (VC 28) England
Image 1: Front three-quarter view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 2: Lateral view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 3: Lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged (2)

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

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Brachyopa scutellaris (a hoverfly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 4 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Brachyopa scutellaris (a hoverfly)
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