Platycheirus rosarum (Fabricius, 1787)
(a hoverfly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPlatycheirus rosarum (a hoverfly)
GenusPlatycheirus (a genus of hoverflies)
TribeBacchini (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 Platycheirus rosarum (a hoverfly) :
1: Platycheirus rosarum (a hoverfly)
7 Sep 2018 OSGR: SZ19 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Female, in flight
Image 1: Female - abdomen - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - dorsal view - wings apart - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver background
2: Platycheirus rosarum (a hoverfly)
26 May 2014 OSGR: SZ19 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Male
Image 1: Male - abdomen - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head and fore-legs - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head and fore-legs - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 12: Wing - highly enlarged - white background
3: Platycheirus rosarum (a hoverfly)
29 Jul 1998 OSGR: SU57 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - wings apartImage 2: Female - dorsal view - wings togetherImage 3: Female - ventral view
4: Platycheirus rosarum (a hoverfly)
13 Jul 1998 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 0’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
near pond
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - wings apartImage 2: Male - dorsal view - wings togetherImage 3: Male - lateral viewImage 4: Male - ventral view
5: Platycheirus rosarum (a hoverfly) IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN
8 Jun 1971 OSGR: TG10 52° 40’ N, 1° 10’ E Vice County: East Norfolk (VC 27) England
Female
Image 1: Female - antero-dorsal view - enlargedImage 2: Female - lateral view - enlarged

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

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