Sphaerophoria taeniata (Meigen, 1822)
(a hoverfly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSphaerophoria taeniata (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 taeniata (a hoverfly) :
1: Sphaerophoria taeniata (a hoverfly)
22 Aug 2012 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Male, visiting Mexican Fleabane
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 2: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 3: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 4: Male - head - anterior view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 5: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 6: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 7: Wing - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 8: Male - genitalia - lateral view - microscope low magnification - pale backgroundImage 9: Male - genitalia - posterior view - microscope low magnification - pale backgroundImage 10: Male - genitalia - surstyli (annotated) - microscope low magnification - pale backgroundImage 11: Male - terminalia - ventral view - microscope low magnification - pale background

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

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