Eupeodes luniger (Meigen, 1822)
(a hoverfly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesEupeodes luniger (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 luniger (a hoverfly) :
1: Eupeodes luniger (a hoverfly)
14 Mar 2016 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, sunbathing on Ivy leaf
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - fore-parts - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Wing - close-up of basal cells - magnified - white backgroundImage 10: Wing - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 11: Wing - second basal cell - magnified - white background
2: Eupeodes luniger (a hoverfly)
23 Jul 2014 OSGR: SZ09 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, visiting Hedge Bindweed
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - head - anterior view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver background
3: Eupeodes luniger (a hoverfly)
15 Aug 2004 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Female, on cultivated Golden Rod flowers
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - wings apart - enlargedImage 2: Female - dorsal view - wings slightly apart - enlargedImage 3: Female - dorsal view - wings together - enlargedImage 4: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - highly enlargedImage 5: Female - ventral view - wings apart - enlargedImage 6: Female - abdomen - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 7: Female - abdomen - dorsal view - magnified (2)Image 8: Female - head - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 9: Female - head - lateral view - magnifiedImage 10: Female - thorax - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 11: Wing - magnified - grey backgroundImage 12: Wing - magnified - pale background

Eupeodes luniger (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 luniger (a hoverfly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Eupeodes luniger (a hoverfly)
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