Sphaerophoria Le Peletier & Serville, 1828
(a genus of hoverflies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
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ID refs
Sphaerophoria philanthus
a hoverfly
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 		Species 15 images
Sphaerophoria scripta
a hoverfly
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 		Species 45 images
Sphaerophoria taeniata
a hoverfly
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 		Species 11 images
Sphaerophoria (unidentified)
Unidentified Sphaerophoria Hoverflies
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 		Unidentified 2 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusSphaerophoria (a genus of hoverflies)
TribeSyrphini (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)

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

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Sphaerophoria (a genus of hoverflies)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 5 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Sphaerophoria (a genus of hoverflies)
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