Merodon equestris form validus Meigen, 1822
(Black-haired Thorax Form Of Large Bulb-fly (Female Only))

Taxonomic hierarchy:
FormMerodon equestris form validus (Black-haired Thorax Form Of Large Bulb-fly (Female Only))
SpeciesMerodon equestris (Large Bulb Fly, Large Narcissus Fly)
TribeMerodontini (bulb flies)
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 Merodon equestris form validus (Black-haired Thorax Form Of Large Bulb-fly (Female Only) :
1: Merodon equestris form validus (Black-haired Thorax Form Of Large Bulb-fly (Female Only)
26 May 2018 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
female, resting on leaf, at roadside, in garden
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - head and fore-leg - anterior view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head - anterior view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - ventral view - enlarged - silver background

Merodon equestris form validus (Black-haired Thorax Form Of Large Bulb-fly (Female Only) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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