Merodon equestris form equestris (Fabricius)
(Banded Form Of Large Bulb Fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
FormMerodon equestris form equestris (Banded Form Of Large Bulb Fly)
SpeciesMerodon equestris (Large Bulb Fly, Large Narcissus Fly)
TribeMerodontini (bulb flies)
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 Merodon equestris form equestris (Banded Form Of Large Bulb Fly) :
1: Merodon equestris form equestris (Banded Form Of Large Bulb Fly)
25 May 2012 OSGR: TQ01 50° 50’ N, 0° 30’ W Vice County: West Sussex (VC 13) England
resting on oak trunk
Image 1: Dorsal viewImage 2: Dorsal view (2)Image 3: Dorsal view (3)Image 4: Latero-dorsal viewImage 5: Latero-dorsal view (2)Image 6: Latero-dorsal view (3)Image 7: Latero-dorsal view (4)Image 8: Dorso-lateral view - enlargedImage 9: Dorso-lateral view - enlarged (2)Image 10: Lateral view - enlargedImage 11: Lateral view - enlarged (2)Image 12: Lateral view - enlarged (3)
2: Merodon equestris form equestris (Banded Form Of Large Bulb Fly)
19 May 2011 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Male, on leaf
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - grey backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - grey background (2)Image 3: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - white backgroundImage 4: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - white background (2)Image 5: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - white background (3)Image 6: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - white background (4)Image 7: Male genitalia - lateral view - magnifiedImage 8: Male genitalia - lateral view - magnified (2)Image 9: Male genitalia - latero-ventral view - magnifiedImage 10: Male genitalia - ventral view - magnifiedImage 11: Male genitalia - ventral view - magnified (2)Image 12: Male genitalia - ventral view - magnified (3)Image 13: Male - head - anterior view - highly enlargedImage 14: Male - head - anterior view - highly enlarged (2)Image 15: Male - head - anterior view - highly enlarged (3)Image 16: Male - head - dorsal view - highly enlargedImage 17: Male - head - lateral view - highly enlargedImage 18: Male - hind leg - highly enlargedImage 19: Male - lateral view - enlarged - grey backgroundImage 20: Male - lateral view - enlarged - white backgroundImage 21: Male - postero-dorsal view - enlarged - grey backgroundImage 22: Male - potero-dorsal view - enlarged - white backgroundImage 23: Male - ventral view - enlarged - grey backgroundImage 24: Male - ventral view - enlarged - white backgroundImage 25: Wing - annotated - highly enlargedImage 26: Wing - highly enlarged
3: Merodon equestris form equestris (Banded Form Of Large Bulb Fly)
28 May 2005 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Visiting Cat’s Ear in garden
Image 1: Visiting Cat\'s Ear - side view - enlarged

Merodon equestris form equestris (Banded Form Of Large Bulb Fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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