Dasysyrphus tricinctus (Fallen, 1817)
(a hoverfly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesDasysyrphus tricinctus (a hoverfly)
GenusDasysyrphus (a genus of hoverflies)
TribeSyrphini (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 Dasysyrphus tricinctus (a hoverfly) :
1: Dasysyrphus tricinctus (a hoverfly)
29 May 2011 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
female, visiting Sow-thistle
Image 1: Female - at Sow-thistle flower - antero-dorsal viewImage 2: Female - at Sow-thistle flower - antero-dorsal view (2)Image 3: Female - at Sow-thistle flower - antero-dorsal view (3)Image 4: Female - at Sow-thistle flower - anterior view - enlargedImage 5: Female - at Sow-thistle flower - dorsal view - enlargedImage 6: Female - at Sow-thistle flower - dorsal view - enlarged (2)Image 7: Female - at Sow-thistle flower - dorsal view - enlarged (3)Image 8: Female - at Sow-thistle flower - dorsal view - enlarged (4)Image 9: Female - at Sow-thistle flower - dorso-lateral view - enlargedImage 10: Female - at Sow-thistle flower - dorso-lateral view - enlarged (2)Image 11: Female - at Sow-thistle flower - dorso-lateral view - enlarged (3)Image 12: Female - at Sow-thistle flower - dorso-lateral view - enlarged (4)Image 13: Female - at Sow-thistle flower - front three-quarter view - enlargedImage 14: Female - at Sow-thistle flower - front three-quarter view - enlarged (2)Image 15: Female - at Sow-thistle flower - lateral view - enlargedImage 16: Female - at Sow-thistle flower - latero-dorsal view - enlargedImage 17: Female - at Sow-thistle flower - latero-dorsal view - enlarged (2)Image 18: Female - at Sow-thistle flower - latero-dorsal view - enlarged (3)Image 19: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - grey backgroundImage 20: Female - head - antero-dorsal view - magnifiedImage 21: Female - head - front three-quarter view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 22: Female - head - lateral view - magnifiedImage 23: Female - head - ventro-anterior view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 24: Female - ventral view - enlarged - grey backgroundImage 25: Wing - magnified

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

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