Neoascia podagrica (Fabricius, 1775)
(a hoverfly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesNeoascia podagrica (a hoverfly)
GenusNeoascia (a genus of hoverflies)
TribeChrysogastrini (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 Neoascia podagrica (a hoverfly) :
1: Neoascia podagrica (a hoverfly)
14 Jul 2016 OSGR: SU01 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
Male, visiting Wild Parsnip
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - head twisted to side - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 3: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 4: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - pale background
2: Neoascia podagrica (a hoverfly)
26 Aug 2012 OSGR: SH85 53° 10’ N, 3° 50’ W Vice County: Denbigh (VC 50) Wales
Female, visiting Wild Carrot
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 2: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 3: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 4: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 5: Female - thorax - posterior view - close-up - magnified - white backgroundImage 6: Female - thorax - posterior view - magnified - white backgroundImage 7: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 8: Wing - magnified - white backgroundImage 9: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - white backgroundImage 10: Female - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - grey backgroundImage 11: Female - thorax - posterior view - close-up - microscope low magnification - white background

Neoascia podagrica (a hoverfly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Neoascia podagrica (a hoverfly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Neoascia podagrica (a hoverfly)
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