Eupeodes corollae (Fabricius, 1794)
(a hoverfly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesEupeodes corollae (a hoverfly)
GenusEupeodes (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 Eupeodes corollae (a hoverfly) :
1: Eupeodes corollae (a hoverfly)
22 Apr 2019 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
2 females, visiting Alexanders
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - 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 - magnified - 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 background
2: Eupeodes corollae (a hoverfly)
9 Jun 2012 OSGR: SY68 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, visiting Dog Daisy
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 2: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 3: Male - head - anterior view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 4: Male - head - dorsal view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 5: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 6: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - pale background
3: Eupeodes corollae (a hoverfly)
8 Aug 2004 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Male, at Hemp Agrimony flowers
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - grey backgroundImage 2: Male - ventral view - enlarged - grey backgroundImage 3: Male - abdomen - ventral view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 4: Squama - magnified - grey backgroundImage 5: Squama - magnified - grey background (2)Image 6: Wing - magnified - grey backgroundImage 7: Wing - magnified - pale background
4: Eupeodes corollae (a hoverfly)
27 Jun 1998 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Swept off Kidney Vetch
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - wings apart - pale backgroundImage 2: Female - ventral view - pale background
5: Eupeodes corollae (a hoverfly)
29 Jul 1997 OSGR: SU83 51° 10’ N, 0° 50’ W Vice County: North Hants (VC 12) England
on Ragwort flowers
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - wings together - pale backgroundImage 2: Female - ventral view - pale backgroundImage 3: Lateral and dorsal views - pale background
6: Eupeodes corollae (a hoverfly)
25 Aug 1971 OSGR: TQ20 50° 50’ N, 0° 10’ W Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14) England
Male
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - enlargedImage 2: Male - dorsal view - enlarged (2)
7: Eupeodes corollae (a hoverfly)
6 Jul 1971 OSGR: TQ20 50° 50’ N, 0° 10’ W Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14) England
Puparium, on Elder
Image 1: Puparium - enlarged

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

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Eupeodes corollae (a hoverfly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 5 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Eupeodes corollae (a hoverfly)
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