Cheilosiini
(a tribe of hoverflies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa
No of
images
No of
ID refs
Male (Click to open)Female (Click to open)
Genus 16 subtaxa 173 images 6 ident. refs
Female (Click to open)
Genus 1 subtaxa 13 images
Male (Click to open)Male (Click to open)
Species 16 images
Female (Click to open)
Species 31 images 1 ident. refs
Female (Click to open)
Species 8 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
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)

Cheilosiini (a tribe of hoverflies) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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