Orthonevra geniculata (Meigen, 1830)
(a hoverfly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesOrthonevra geniculata (a hoverfly)
GenusOrthonevra (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 Orthonevra geniculata (a hoverfly) :
1: Orthonevra geniculata (a hoverfly)
6 May 2014 OSGR: SZ08 50° 40’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
visiting Hawthorn
Image 1: Female - abdomen - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - dark backgroundImage 6: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - ventral view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Wing - magnified - white background

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

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