Merodontini
(bulb flies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Eumerus
lesser bulb-flies
(Click to open)
 		Genus 1 subtaxa 4 images
Merodon equestris
Large Bulb Fly, Large Narcissus Fly
Female (Click to open)
 		Species 3 subtaxa 50 images 2 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
TribeMerodontini (bulb flies)
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)

Merodontini (bulb flies) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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