[Melangyna compositarum/labiatarum]
(a pair of hoverflies where the females are indistinguishable)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
Informal[Melangyna compositarum/labiatarum] (a pair of hoverflies where the females are indistinguishable)
GenusMelangyna (a genus of hoverflies)
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 [Melangyna compositarum/labiatarum] (a pair of hoverflies where the females are indistinguishable) :
1: [Melangyna compositarum/labiatarum] (a pair of hoverflies where the females are indistinguishable) IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN
11 Aug 2017 OSGR: ST43 51° 10’ N, 2° 50’ W Vice County: North Somerset (VC 6) England
Male, visiting Hogweed
Image 1: Male - antennae - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head and fore-legs - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Wing - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 8: Wing - highly enlarged - white background (2)

[Melangyna compositarum/labiatarum] (a pair of hoverflies where the females are indistinguishable) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for [Melangyna compositarum/labiatarum] (a pair of hoverflies where the females are indistinguishable)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for [Melangyna compositarum/labiatarum] (a pair of hoverflies where the females are indistinguishable)
Creative Commons License
This website is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Licence.

Unless otherwise expressly stated, all original material on the BioImages website by Malcolm Storey is licensed under the above Creative Commons Licence.

Photographs from other photographers are used with permission but not included under the above CC licence.

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)