Episyrphus balteatus (De Geer, 1776)
(Marmalade Hoverfly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesEpisyrphus balteatus (Marmalade Hoverfly)
TribeSyrphini (a tribe of hoverflies)
SubfamilySYRPHINAE (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 Episyrphus balteatus (Marmalade Hoverfly) :
1: Episyrphus balteatus (Marmalade Hoverfly)
26 Jul 2004 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Pupa on Sweet Basil, indoors (may have been in greenhouse previously)
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - wings akimboImage 2: Male - dorsal view - wings apartImage 3: Male - dorsal view - wings togetherImage 4: Male - dorsal view - wings together (2)Image 5: Puparium - dorsal view - enlargedImage 6: Puparium - dorsal view - enlarged (2)Image 7: Puparium - lateral view - enlargedImage 8: Puparium - prior to emergence - dorsal view - enlarged
2: Episyrphus balteatus (Marmalade Hoverfly)
20 Jul 2004 OSGR: SU58 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
On Lesser Knapweed capitulum
Image 1: Dorsal view - on flower
3: Episyrphus balteatus (Marmalade Hoverfly)
5 Jul 2004 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Male, visiting Common Sowthistle flowers
Image 1: Male - antero-dorsal view - at flower - enlargedImage 2: Male - dorsal view - at flower - enlargedImage 3: Male - dorsal view - at flower - enlarged (2)Image 4: Male - dorsal view - at flower - enlarged (3)Image 5: Male - dorsal view - at flower - enlarged (4)Image 6: Male - dorsal view - at flower - enlarged (5)Image 7: Male - lateral view - at flower - enlargedImage 8: Male - lateral view - at flower - enlarged (2)Image 9: Male - postero-dorsal view - at flower - enlargedImage 10: Wing - magnified
4: Episyrphus balteatus (Marmalade Hoverfly)
28 Jul 2001 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Male, at flowers of Hogweed
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - on Hogweed flowers
5: Episyrphus balteatus (Marmalade Hoverfly)
29 Jul 1997 OSGR: SU83 51° 10’ N, 0° 50’ W Vice County: North Hants (VC 12) England
Female, on Ragwort flowers
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - pale backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - pale background (2)Image 3: Female - lateral view - pale backgroundImage 4: Female - ventral view - pale background
6: Episyrphus balteatus (Marmalade Hoverfly)
26 Aug 1971 OSGR: TQ20 50° 50’ N, 0° 10’ W Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14) England
Female
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged
7: Episyrphus balteatus (Marmalade Hoverfly)
25 Aug 1971 OSGR: TQ20 50° 50’ N, 0° 10’ W Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14) England
Image 1: Lateral view - at flower - highly enlargedImage 2: Lateral view - at flower - highly enlarged

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Morris, R.K.A. & Ball, S.G. 2002 An introduction to British hoverflies and the Hoverfly Recording Scheme British Wildlife Vol 14, No 1: 38-45.

Episyrphus balteatus (Marmalade Hoverfly) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Episyrphus balteatus (Marmalade Hoverfly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 6 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Episyrphus balteatus (Marmalade Hoverfly)
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