Neoascia tenur (Harris, [1780])
(a hoverfly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesNeoascia tenur (a hoverfly)
GenusNeoascia (a genus of hoverflies)
TribeChrysogastrini (a tribe of hoverflies)
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 Neoascia tenur (a hoverfly) :
1: Neoascia tenur (a hoverfly)
10 May 2017 OSGR: SY68 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
1 female, swept off Carex acutiformis
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - lateral view - wings down - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - lateral view - wings raised - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background
2: Neoascia tenur (a hoverfly)
16 May 2014 OSGR: SY98 50° 40’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, swept off flowering Bluebells
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Wing - magnified - white backgroundImage 5: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - microscope low magnification - pale background

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

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