Anasimyia contracta Claussen & Torp, 1980
(a hoverfly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAnasimyia contracta (a hoverfly)
GenusAnasimyia (a genus of hoverflies)
TribeEristalini (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 Anasimyia contracta (a hoverfly) :
1: Anasimyia contracta (a hoverfly)
22 Aug 2017 OSGR: ST43 51° 10’ N, 2° 50’ W Vice County: North Somerset (VC 6) England
Female
Image 1: Female - abdomen - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - antennae - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - fore-parts - dorsal view - highly enlarged - 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: Anasimyia contracta (a hoverfly)
29 Jun 2017 OSGR: SZ08 50° 40’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, swept off Bog Myrtle by lake with Typha
Image 1: Male - abdomen - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - antennae - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - hind leg - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - hind parts - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 13: Wing - magnified - white background

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

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