Cheilosia pubera (Zetterstedt, [1838])
(a hoverfly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCheilosia pubera (a hoverfly)
Species groupCheilosia antiqua 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 pubera (a hoverfly) :
1: Cheilosia pubera (a hoverfly)
21 May 2015 OSGR: SD79 54° 20’ N, 2° 20’ W Vice County: North-west Yorks (VC 65) England
female, visiting Dandelion
Image 1: Female - abdomen - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Wing - highly enlarged - white background

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

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