Meliscaeva auricollis var auricollis (Meigen, 1822)
(Meliscaeva Auricollis (Summer Form))

Taxonomic hierarchy:
VarietyMeliscaeva auricollis var auricollis (Meliscaeva Auricollis (Summer Form))
SpeciesMeliscaeva auricollis (a 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 Meliscaeva auricollis var auricollis (Meliscaeva Auricollis (Summer Form) :
1: Meliscaeva auricollis var auricollis (Meliscaeva Auricollis (Summer Form)
8 Jul 2016 OSGR: SY98 50° 40’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Summer form, male, visiting Dog Rose
Image 1: Male - summer form - abdomen - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - summer form - dorsal view - wings ajar - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - summer form - dorsal view - wings together - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - summer form - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - summer form - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - summer form - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - summer form - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - summer form - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - summer form - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - summer form - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 11: Wing - highly enlarged - silver background

Meliscaeva auricollis var auricollis (Meliscaeva Auricollis (Summer Form) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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