Eristalis horticola (De Geer, 1776)
(a dronefly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesEristalis horticola (a dronefly)
GenusEristalis (droneflies)
TribeEristalini (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 Eristalis horticola (a dronefly) :
1: Eristalis horticola (a dronefly)
25 May 2012 OSGR: TQ01 50° 50’ N, 0° 30’ W Vice County: West Sussex (VC 13) England
Male, hovering near flowering Hawthorn
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - white backgroundImage 2: Male - head - anterior view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 3: Male - head - lateral view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 4: Male - lateral view - enlarged - white background
2: Eristalis horticola (a dronefly)
3 Aug 2011 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Female, visiting Hemp Agrimony
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - white backgroundImage 2: Female - dorso-lateral view - enlarged - white backgroundImage 3: Female - head and antennae - anterior view - highly enlargedImage 4: Female - head and antennae - antero-dorsal view - highly enlargedImage 5: Female - head and antennae - dorsal view - highly enlargedImage 6: Female - head and antennae - lateral view - highly enlargedImage 7: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - highly enlargedImage 8: Female - ventral view - enlarged - white backgroundImage 9: Wing - highly enlarged

Eristalis horticola (a dronefly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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