MILESIINAE
(a subfamily of hoverflies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa
No of
images
No of
ID refs
Male (Click to open)Female (Click to open)
Tribe 20 subtaxa 241 images 7 ident. refs
Male (Click to open)
Tribe 11 subtaxa 92 images 1 ident. refs
Female (Click to open) (Click to open)
Tribe 18 subtaxa 341 images 3 ident. refs
Female (Click to open)
Tribe 4 subtaxa 54 images 2 ident. refs
Male (Click to open)
Tribe 2 subtaxa 40 images 1 ident. refs
Male (Click to open)
Tribe 6 subtaxa 193 images 2 ident. refs
Male (Click to open)
Tribe 8 subtaxa 137 images 3 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
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)

MILESIINAE (a subfamily of hoverflies) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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