Cheilosia pagana (Meigen, 1822)
(a hoverfly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCheilosia pagana (a hoverfly)
Species groupCheilosia pagana group (a group of Cheilosia hoverflies)
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 pagana (a hoverfly) :
1: Cheilosia pagana (a hoverfly)
31 Jul 2014 OSGR: SU77 51° 30’ N, 0° 60’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Female, visiting Wild Carrot
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - head and fore-legs - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Wing - highly enlarged - white background
2: Cheilosia pagana (a hoverfly)
6 May 2012 OSGR: SY68 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, visiting Lesser Celandine
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - white background (2)Image 3: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - white backgroundImage 4: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - white backgroundImage 5: Male - head - anterior view - magnified - white backgroundImage 6: Male - head - antero-dorsal view - magnified - white backgroundImage 7: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - white background
3: Cheilosia pagana (a hoverfly)
8 May 1998 OSGR: SU46 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - wings apart - pale backgroundImage 2: Female - lateral view - pale backgroundImage 3: Female - ventral view - pale background

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

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Cheilosia pagana (a hoverfly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Cheilosia pagana (a hoverfly)
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