Cheilosia vernalis (Fallen, 1817)
(a hoverfly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCheilosia vernalis (a hoverfly)
Species groupCheilosia carbonaria group (a group of Cheilosia hoverflies)
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 vernalis (a hoverfly) :
1: Cheilosia vernalis (a hoverfly)
4 Jun 2012 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Female, visiting Dog Daisy
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 2: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 3: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 4: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 5: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - grey background
2: Cheilosia vernalis (a hoverfly)
6 May 2012 OSGR: SY68 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, sunbathing on dock leaves
Image 1: Male - abdomen - ventral view - magnified - white backgroundImage 2: Male - abdomen - ventral view - magnified - white background (2)Image 3: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 4: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - white backgroundImage 5: Male - head - anterior view - magnified - white backgroundImage 6: Male - head - lateral view - magnified - white backgroundImage 7: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 8: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 9: Wing - highly enlarged - white background
3: Cheilosia vernalis (a hoverfly)
12 Apr 1998 OSGR: SU97 51° 30’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
at Dandelion flower
Image 1: Female - dorsal and ventral views - white backgroundImage 2: Female - lateral and dorsal views - white backgroundImage 3: Female - lateral and dorsal views - white background (2)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Falk, S. 2004 Brood dimorphism in male Cheilosia cynocephala Loew (Diptera, Syrphidae) and separation of the first generation from C. vernalis (Fallén) Dipterists Digest (2nd Series) Vol 11, No. 2: 123-126.

Cheilosia vernalis (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 Cheilosia vernalis (a hoverfly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Cheilosia vernalis (a hoverfly)
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