Brachypalpoides lentus (Meigen, 1822)
(a hoverfly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesBrachypalpoides lentus (a hoverfly)
TribeXylotini (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 Brachypalpoides lentus (a hoverfly) :
1: Brachypalpoides lentus (a hoverfly)
11 Jun 2014 OSGR: SU30 50° 50’ N, 1° 30’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
visiting Bramble flower
Image 1: Feeding on Bramble flower - dorsal viewImage 2: Feeding on Bramble flower - dorsal view (2)
2: Brachypalpoides lentus (a hoverfly)
17 Jun 2013 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Male, repeatedly returning to same spot on sawdust heap
Image 1: Abdomen - dorsal view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - pale backgroundImage 3: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 4: Male - head - anterior view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 5: Male - head - dorsal view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 6: Male - head - lateral view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 7: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 8: Wing - highly enlarged - white background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Morris, R.K.A. & Ball, S.G. 2002 An introduction to British hoverflies and the Hoverfly Recording Scheme British Wildlife Vol 14, No 1: 38-45.

Brachypalpoides lentus (a hoverfly) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Brachypalpoides lentus (a hoverfly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Brachypalpoides lentus (a hoverfly)
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