Dasysyrphus venustus s.s. (Meigen, 1822)
(a hoverfly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesDasysyrphus venustus s.s. (a hoverfly)
GenusDasysyrphus (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 Dasysyrphus venustus s.s. (a hoverfly) :
1: Dasysyrphus venustus s.s. (a hoverfly)
13 May 2012 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 0’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Male, visiting Wood Spurge flowers
Image 1: Male - abdomen - dorsal view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 2: Male - abdomen ventral view - enlarged - white backgroundImage 3: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - white backgroundImage 4: Male - head - anterior view - magnified - white backgroundImage 5: Male - head - antero-dorsal view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 6: Male - head - dorsal view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 7: Male - head - lateral view - magnified - white backgroundImage 8: Male - lateral view - enlarged - white backgroundImage 9: Male - ventral view - enlarged - white backgroundImage 10: Wing - highly enlarged - white background

Dasysyrphus venustus s.s. (a hoverfly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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