Myathropa florea (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Batman Hoverfly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMyathropa florea (Batman Hoverfly)
TribeEristalini (a tribe of hoverflies)
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)
Records of Myathropa florea (Batman Hoverfly) :
1: Myathropa florea (Batman Hoverfly)
27 Sep 2018 OSGR: SZ09 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
visiting ragwort capitulum in wild garden
Image 1: Female - visiting Ragwort flowerImage 2: Female - visiting Ragwort flower - close-up
2: Myathropa florea (Batman Hoverfly)
30 Mar 2017 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
male puparium, in leaf-filled water in concrete water feature
Image 1: Puparium - lateral view - natural backgroundImage 2: Puparium - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - natural backgroundImage 3: Puparium - lateral view - close-up - enlarged - natural backgroundImage 4: Puparium - ventral view - close-up - enlarged - natural background
3: Myathropa florea (Batman Hoverfly)
28 May 2005 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Visiting Ox-eye Daisy in garden
Image 1: Female - visiting Ox-eye Daisy - enlarged
4: Myathropa florea (Batman Hoverfly)
8 Aug 2004 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
at Hemp Agrimony flowers
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - enlargedImage 2: Female - dorso-lateral view - enlargedImage 3: Female - ventral view - enlargedImage 4: Female - fore-parts - dorso-lateral view - magnifiedImage 5: Female - head - anterior view - magnifiedImage 6: Female - head - anterior view - magnified (2)Image 7: Female - head - antero-dorsal view - magnifiedImage 8: Wing - magnified
5: Myathropa florea (Batman Hoverfly)
2 Sep 1970 OSGR: TQ20 50° 50’ N, 0° 10’ W Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14) England
Female
Image 1: Female - lateral view - close-up - enlargedImage 2: Female - latero-dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 3: Wing - enlarged

Myathropa florea (Batman Hoverfly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Myathropa florea (Batman Hoverfly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 11 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Myathropa florea (Batman Hoverfly)
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