Meliscaeva auricollis var maculicornis Zetterstedt
(Meliscaeva Auricollis (Spring Form))

Taxonomic hierarchy:
VarietyMeliscaeva auricollis var maculicornis (Meliscaeva Auricollis (Spring Form))
SpeciesMeliscaeva auricollis (a hoverfly)
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 Meliscaeva auricollis var maculicornis (Meliscaeva Auricollis (Spring Form) :
1: Meliscaeva auricollis var maculicornis (Meliscaeva Auricollis (Spring Form)
20 Mar 2018 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Spring form, 4 males, visiting Alexanders
Image 1: Male - spring form - abdomen - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - spring form - dorsal view - wings apart - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - spring form - dorsal view - wings together - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - spring form - head and thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - spring form - head and thorax - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - spring form - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - spring form - head - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - spring form - head - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - spring form - head - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - spring form - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - spring form - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver background
2: Meliscaeva auricollis var maculicornis (Meliscaeva Auricollis (Spring Form)
20 Mar 2018 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Spring form, 1 female, visiting Alexanders
Image 1: Female - spring form - abdomen - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - spring form - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - spring form - fore-parts - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - spring form - head and thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - spring form - head and thorax - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - spring form - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - spring form - head - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - spring form - head - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - spring form - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - spring form - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver background

Meliscaeva auricollis var maculicornis (Meliscaeva Auricollis (Spring Form) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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