Cheilosia albitarsus group
(Cheilosia with orange front tarsi)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
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Cheilosia albitarsis
a hoverfly
Female (Click to open)Male (Click to open)Male (Click to open)
 		Species 21 images
Cheilosia ranunculi
a hoverfly
Male (Click to open)Male (Click to open)
 		Species 11 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
Species groupCheilosia albitarsus group (Cheilosia with orange front tarsi)
GenusCheilosia (a genus of hoverflies)
TribeCheilosiini (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)
Records of Cheilosia albitarsus group (Cheilosia with orange front tarsi) :
1: Cheilosia albitarsus group (Cheilosia with orange front tarsi)
4 May 2017 OSGR: SY68 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, visiting Creeping Buttercup
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver background
2: Cheilosia albitarsus group (Cheilosia with orange front tarsi)
13 May 1998 OSGR: SU56 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Female, swept
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - wings apartImage 2: Female - dorsal view - wings togetherImage 3: Female - ventral view

Cheilosia albitarsus group (Cheilosia with orange front tarsi) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Cheilosia albitarsus group (Cheilosia with orange front tarsi)
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