Cheilosia ranunculi Doczkal, 2000
(a hoverfly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCheilosia ranunculi (a hoverfly)
Species groupCheilosia albitarsus group (Cheilosia with orange front tarsi)
GenusCheilosia (a genus of hoverflies)
TribeCheilosiini (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 Cheilosia ranunculi (a hoverfly) :
1: Cheilosia ranunculi (a hoverfly)
4 May 2017 OSGR: SY68 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, visiting Creeping Buttercup
Image 1: Male - antennae - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head and fore-legs - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head, thorax and fore-legs - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - scutellum and abdomen - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - fore tarsus - apical segments - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background

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

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