Xylota Meigen, 1822
(a genus of hoverflies)

Xylota (a genus of hoverflies) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Xylota (a genus of hoverflies) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Xylota abiens
a hoverfly
Species 1 references
Xylota coeruleiventris
a hoverfly
Species 2 trophisms
Xylota segnis
a hoverfly
Species 3 trophisms
Xylota sylvarum
a hoverfly
Species 3 trophisms
Xylota tarda
a hoverfly
Species 1 trophisms
Xylota xanthocnema
a hoverfly
Species 2 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Xylota (a genus of hoverflies)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Rotheray, G.E. 2004 The early stages of Xylota abiens Meigen, with a key to the larvae and puparia of British Xylota species (Diptera: Syrphidae) Dipterists Digest (2nd Series) Vol 11, No. 2: 83-97.

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Xylota (a genus of hoverflies):

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