Volucella bombylans (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Fool’s Bumble-bee)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
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Volucella bombylans ssp bombylans
Red-tailed Form Of Fool’s Bumble-bee
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 		Subspecies 7 images
Volucella bombylans ssp plumata
White-tailed Form Of Fool’s Bumble-bee
Male (Click to open) (Click to open)Female (Click to open)
 		Subspecies 26 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesVolucella bombylans (Fool’s Bumble-bee)
GenusVolucella (a genus of hoverflies)
TribeVolucellini (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)

Volucella bombylans (Fool’s Bumble-bee) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Volucella bombylans (Fool’s Bumble-bee)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Volucella bombylans (Fool’s Bumble-bee)
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