Cheilosia albitarsis (Meigen, 1822)
(a hoverfly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCheilosia albitarsis (a hoverfly)
Species groupCheilosia albitarsus group (Cheilosia with orange front tarsi)
GenusCheilosia (a genus of hoverflies)
TribeCheilosiini (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 Cheilosia albitarsis (a hoverfly) :
1: Cheilosia albitarsis (a hoverfly)
26 May 2014 OSGR: SZ19 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Mating pair
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - abdomen - dorsal view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 10: Male - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - fore tarsi - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Male - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Wing - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 16: Male - fore tarsus - apical segments - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - pale backgroundImage 17: Male - fore tarsus - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - pale background
2: Cheilosia albitarsis (a hoverfly)
13 May 1998 OSGR: SU56 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Male
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - wings apartImage 2: Male - dorsal view - wings togetherImage 3: Male - ventral viewImage 4: Male - ventral view (2)

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

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Cheilosia albitarsis (a hoverfly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Cheilosia albitarsis (a hoverfly)
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