Xylota Meigen, 1822
(a genus of hoverflies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Xylota abiens
a hoverfly
Species 1 ident. refs
Xylota segnis
a hoverfly
(Click to open)
 		Species 33 images
Xylota sylvarum
a hoverfly
Female (Click to open)
 		Species 11 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusXylota (a genus of hoverflies)
TribeXylotini (a tribe of hoverflies)
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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Rotheray, G.E. 2004 The early stages of Xylota abiens Meigen, with a key to the larvae and puparia of British Xylota species (Diptera: Syrphidae) Dipterists Digest (2nd Series) Vol 11, No. 2: 83-97.

Xylota (a genus of hoverflies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Xylota (a genus of hoverflies)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 11 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Xylota (a genus of hoverflies)
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