Xanthogramma pedissequum/stackelbergi NEW QUALIFIER-agg.
(a group of closely similar hoverflies)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
Species aggregateXanthogramma pedissequum/stackelbergi (a group of closely similar hoverflies)
GenusXanthogramma (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)
Records of Xanthogramma pedissequum/stackelbergi (a group of closely similar hoverflies) :
1: Xanthogramma pedissequum/stackelbergi (a group of closely similar hoverflies)
22 Aug 2017 OSGR: ST43 51° 10’ N, 2° 50’ W Vice County: North Somerset (VC 6) England
Female, visiting Hogweed
Image 1: Female - abdomen - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - antennae - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and fore-legs - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver background
2: Xanthogramma pedissequum/stackelbergi (a group of closely similar hoverflies)
9 Jun 2012 OSGR: SY68 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, on Hogweed leaf
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - pale backgroundImage 2: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 3: Male - head - anterior view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 4: Male - head - antero-dorsal view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 5: Male - head - dorsal view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 6: Male - head - lateral view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 7: Male - head - lateral view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 8: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 9: Male - ventral view - enlarged - pale backgroundImage 10: Wing - highly enlarged - white background
3: Xanthogramma pedissequum/stackelbergi (a group of closely similar hoverflies)
27 Jun 1998 OSGR: SU46 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Male, at Hogweed flowers
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - wings apart - white backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - wings apart - white background (2)Image 3: Male - lateral view - white backgroundImage 4: Male - ventral view - white background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
() Stubbs, A. 2012 Xanthogramma pedissequum group Hoverfly Recording Scheme Newsletter: 14-15.

Xanthogramma pedissequum/stackelbergi (a group of closely similar hoverflies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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