Cheilosia variabilis (Panzer, [1798])
(a hoverfly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCheilosia variabilis (a hoverfly)
Species groupCheilosia variabilis 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 variabilis (a hoverfly) :
1: Cheilosia variabilis (a hoverfly)
27 Apr 2017 OSGR: ST91 50° 60’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, on Wild Gooseberry leaf in sunshine
Image 1: Male - abdomen - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - abdomen - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - abdomen - latero-dorsal view - highly enlargedImage 4: Male - dorsal view - wings apart - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - dorsal view - wings together - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - face - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - fore-parts - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - head - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - head - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 14: Male - ventral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 15: Wing - enlarged - silver background
2: Cheilosia variabilis (a hoverfly)
22 Jun 1997 OSGR: SU56 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on hogweed flowers
Image 1: Dorsal viewImage 2: Lateral viewImage 3: Ventral view

Cheilosia variabilis (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 variabilis (a hoverfly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Cheilosia variabilis (a hoverfly)
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