Lejogaster metallina (Fabricius, 1781)
(a hoverfly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLejogaster metallina (a hoverfly)
TribeChrysogastrini (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 Lejogaster metallina (a hoverfly) :
1: Lejogaster metallina (a hoverfly)
19 Aug 2017 OSGR: SY98 50° 40’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, swept off mixed flowery herbage in small fen
Image 1: Male - abdomen - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - fore-parts - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Wing - magnified - white backgroundImage 11: Male - head - anterior view - magnified - silver background

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

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