Syritta pipiens (Linnaeus, 1758)
(a hoverfly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSyritta pipiens (a hoverfly)
TribeXylotini (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 Syritta pipiens (a hoverfly) :
1: Syritta pipiens (a hoverfly)
4 Jun 2012 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Male
Image 1: Male - abdomen - dorsal view - magnified - white backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 3: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 4: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 5: Male - head and thorax - ventral view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 6: Male - head - anterior view - magnified - white backgroundImage 7: Male - head - antero-dorsal view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 8: Male - hind leg - anterior view - close-up - magnified - pale backgroundImage 9: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 10: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 11: Wing - highly enlarged
2: Syritta pipiens (a hoverfly)
29 Jun 2006 OSGR: TQ31 50° 50’ N, 0° 0’ W Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14) England
Visiting Scentless Mayweed
Image 1: Lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged
3: Syritta pipiens (a hoverfly)
11 Sep 2004 OSGR: SU56 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
visiting Sow Thistle flowers
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlargedImage 2: Female - hind legs - anterior view - highly enlargedImage 3: Female - lateral view - highly enlargedImage 4: Female - legs, thorax, head - dorsal view - highly enlargedImage 5: Female - thorax, head, antennae - lateral view - highly enlargedImage 6: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged
4: Syritta pipiens (a hoverfly)
29 Jul 1997 OSGR: SU83 51° 10’ N, 0° 50’ W Vice County: North Hants (VC 12) England
on Ragwort flowers
Image 1: Lateral and dorsal viewsImage 2: Ventral and dorsal views
5: Syritta pipiens (a hoverfly)
26 Aug 1971 OSGR: TQ20 50° 50’ N, 0° 10’ W Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14) England
Male
Image 1: Lateral view - enlargedImage 2: Latero-dorsal view - enlarged

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

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Syritta pipiens (a hoverfly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Syritta pipiens (a hoverfly)
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