[Microdon mutabilis sens.lat.]
(a pair of ant hoverflies distinguishable only as puparia)

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Microdon myrmicae
an ant hoverfly
Species 1 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
Informal[Microdon mutabilis sens.lat.] (a pair of ant hoverflies distinguishable only as puparia)
GenusMicrodon (ant hoverflies)
SubfamilyMICRODONTINAE (ant 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 [Microdon mutabilis sens.lat.] (a pair of ant hoverflies distinguishable only as puparia) :
1: [Microdon mutabilis sens.lat.] (a pair of ant hoverflies distinguishable only as puparia)
4 Jun 2015 OSGR: SZ09 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
male, basking on dead leaves of Purple Moor-grass
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head - anterior view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver background

[Microdon mutabilis sens.lat.] (a pair of ant hoverflies distinguishable only as puparia) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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