Pipizella viduata (Linnaeus, 1758)
(a hoverfly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPipizella viduata (a hoverfly)
GenusPipizella (a genus of hoverflies)
TribePipizini (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 Pipizella viduata (a hoverfly) :
1: Pipizella viduata (a hoverfly)
11 Jun 2016 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
2 females, visiting Hogweed
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - antennae - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver background
2: Pipizella viduata (a hoverfly)
28 Jul 2015 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
visiting Wild Carrot
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Wing - magnified - white backgroundImage 5: Male - genitalia - opened - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 6: Male - genitalia - opened - lateral view - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 7: Male - genitalia - slightly opened - lateral view - microscope low magnification - white background
3: Pipizella viduata (a hoverfly)
10 Jun 2015 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, visiting Hogweed
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - wings apart - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver background
4: Pipizella viduata (a hoverfly)
30 May 2013 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, visiting Hogweed
Image 1: Male - abdomen - ventral view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - wings together - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 3: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 4: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 5: Male - head - anterior view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 6: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 7: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - grey background

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

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