Platycheirus manicatus (Meigen, 1822)
(a hoverfly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPlatycheirus manicatus (a hoverfly)
GenusPlatycheirus (a genus of hoverflies)
TribeBacchini (a tribe of hoverflies)
SubfamilySYRPHINAE (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 Platycheirus manicatus (a hoverfly) :
1: Platycheirus manicatus (a hoverfly)
10 Jun 2015 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, visiting Hogweed
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver background
2: Platycheirus manicatus (a hoverfly)
11 Jul 2012 OSGR: SD77 54° 10’ N, 2° 20’ W Vice County: Mid-west Yorks (VC 64) England
female, visiting Ox-eye Daisy
Image 1: Female - abdomen - dorsal view - magnified - white backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 3: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 4: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 5: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - white backgroundImage 6: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 7: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 8: Wing - highly enlarged - white background

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

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