Microdon analis (Macquart, 1842)
(an ant hoverfly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMicrodon analis (an ant hoverfly)
GenusMicrodon (ant hoverflies)
SubfamilyMICRODONTINAE (ant 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 Microdon analis (an ant hoverfly) :
1: Microdon analis (an ant hoverfly)
18 May 2018 OSGR: SU21 50° 60’ N, 1° 30’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
mating pair, perched on birch sapling
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - abdomen - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - fore-parts - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - head - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - head - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver background
2: Microdon analis (an ant hoverfly)
13 Apr 2005 OSGR: SU20 50° 50’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Three larvae - under rotten wood
Image 1: Larva - dorsal view - enlargedImage 2: Larva - dorsal view - enlarged (2)Image 3: Larva - dorsal view - enlarged (3)Image 4: Larva - dorsal view - enlarged (4)Image 5: Larva - dorso-lateral view - enlargedImage 6: Larva - lateral view - enlargedImage 7: Larva - latero-dorsal view - enlargedImage 8: Larva - ventral view - enlargedImage 9: Two larvae - lateral views - enlargedImage 10: Two larvae - latero-dorsal views - enlarged

Microdon analis (an ant hoverfly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Microdon analis (an ant hoverfly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 6 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Microdon analis (an ant hoverfly)
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