Sphaerophoria scripta (Linnaeus, 1758)
(a hoverfly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSphaerophoria scripta (a hoverfly)
GenusSphaerophoria (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 Sphaerophoria scripta (a hoverfly) :
1: Sphaerophoria scripta (a hoverfly)
8 Jun 2012 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, visiting Hogweed
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - black backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 3: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 4: Male - dorsal view - wings together - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 5: Male - head and thorax - antero-dorsal view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 6: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 7: Male - head - anterior view - magnified - white backgroundImage 8: Male - head - antero-dorsal view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 9: Male - head - dorsal view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 10: Male - head - lateral view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 11: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 12: Wing - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 13: Male - genitalia - lateral view - microscope low magnification - grey backgroundImage 14: Male - genitalia - ventral view - microscope low magnification - grey backgroundImage 15: Male - terminalia - ventral view - microscope low magnification - white background
2: Sphaerophoria scripta (a hoverfly)
8 Aug 2004 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Male, on Hemp Agrimony flowers
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 2: Male - genitalia - lateral view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 3: Male - genitalia - ventral - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 4: Male - head, antennae, thorax - latero-dorsal - magnified - grey backgroundImage 5: Male - lateral view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 6: Male - ventral view - magnified - grey background
3: Sphaerophoria scripta (a hoverfly)
20 Jul 2004 OSGR: SU58 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Male, feeding on Yarrow flowers
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 2: Male - dorso-lateral view - in situ - enlargedImage 3: Male - dorso-lateral view - in situ - enlarged (2)Image 4: Male - head, antennae, thorax - latero-dorsal view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 5: Male - ventral view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 6: Wing - magnified - grey background
4: Sphaerophoria scripta (a hoverfly)
5 Aug 1998 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 0’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
in cop
Image 1: Dorsal views - wings apart - white backgroundImage 2: Dorsal views - wings together - white backgroundImage 3: Lateral viewsImage 4: Ventral views
5: Sphaerophoria scripta (a hoverfly)
27 Jun 1998 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Male, swept off grassy Hypochaeris radicata
Image 1: Male - dorsal - wings apartImage 2: Male - lateral viewImage 3: Male - ventral view
6: Sphaerophoria scripta (a hoverfly)
27 Jun 1998 OSGR: SU46 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Male, swept off Lesser Knapweed
Image 1: Male - dorsal - wings apartImage 2: Male - lateral viewImage 3: Male - ventral view
7: Sphaerophoria scripta (a hoverfly)
16 Aug 1997 OSGR: SS78 51° 30’ N, 3° 40’ W Vice County: Glam (VC 41) Wales
Male
Image 1: Male - lateral and dorsal views
8: Sphaerophoria scripta (a hoverfly)
29 Jul 1997 OSGR: SU83 51° 10’ N, 0° 50’ W Vice County: North Hants (VC 12) England
Male, on Ragwort flowers
Image 1: Male - dorsal viewImage 2: Male - lateral and dorsal viewsImage 3: Male - ventral view
9: Sphaerophoria scripta (a hoverfly)
14 Jun 1997 OSGR: SP61 51° 50’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Male
Image 1: Male - dorsal viewImage 2: Male - dorsal view (2)Image 3: Male - lateral viewImage 4: Male - ventral view

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

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