Melangyna umbellatarum (Fabricius, 1794)
(a hoverfly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMelangyna umbellatarum (a hoverfly)
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 umbellatarum (a hoverfly) :
1: Melangyna umbellatarum (a hoverfly)
22 Aug 2017 OSGR: ST43 51° 10’ N, 2° 50’ W Vice County: North Somerset (VC 6) England
Female, visiting Hogweed
Image 1: Female - abdomen - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - antennae - anterior view - magnifiedImage 3: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - fore-parts - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and fore-legs - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - ventral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Wing - 2nd basal cell - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 11: Wing - highly enlarged - white background

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

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Melangyna umbellatarum (a hoverfly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Melangyna umbellatarum (a hoverfly)
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