Xylota segnis (Linnaeus, 1758)
(a hoverfly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesXylota segnis (a hoverfly)
GenusXylota (a genus of hoverflies)
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 Xylota segnis (a hoverfly) :
1: Xylota segnis (a hoverfly)
29 Aug 2015 OSGR: SE86 54° 10’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: South-east Yorks (VC 61) England
Female, visiting Wild Angelica
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - wings apart - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - wings together - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - fore-parts - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head - latero-dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver background (2)Image 11: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver background
2: Xylota segnis (a hoverfly) IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN
19 May 2007 OSGR: TF93 52° 50’ N, 0° 60’ E Vice County: West Norfolk (VC 28) England
Image 1: Taking off! - enlarged
3: Xylota segnis (a hoverfly)
15 Aug 2004 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Male, on Agastache flowers
Image 1: Male - abdomen and hind tibiae - ventral - highly enlargedImage 2: Male - dorsal view - wings apart - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 3: Male - dorsal view - wings together - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 4: Male - head, antenna, thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 5: Male - head, antenna, thorax - lateral view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 6: Male - hind femur - postero-ventral view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 7: Male - hind femur - postero-ventral view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 8: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 9: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - grey background (2)Image 10: Male - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 11: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 12: Wing - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 13: Wing - highly enlarged - white background
4: Xylota segnis (a hoverfly)
30 May 1998 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 0’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Dorsal view - wings slightly apartImage 2: Dorsal view - wings togetherImage 3: Dorsal view - wings together (2)Image 4: Lateral viewImage 5: Ventral view
5: Xylota segnis (a hoverfly)
23 Jun 1997 OSGR: SU57 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on sawdust
Image 1: Dorsal view - wings slightly apart - pale backgroundImage 2: Lateral view, spurs on hind trochanters indicated - white backgroundImage 3: Lateral view - white background

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

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