BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Volucella bombylans (Linnaeus, 1758) (a hoverfly)
Subtaxa
| Rank | Taxon |  |
 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forma | Volucella bombylans forma bombylans (L.) (a hoverfly) | 3 | 4 |
| Forma | Volucella bombylans forma plumata (Degeer) (a hoverfly) | 10 |
Suggested Literature
Volucella bombylans may be covered by literature listed under:
|
BIOTA (living things) |
Eukaryota (eukaryotes) |
ANIMALIA (animals) |
ARTHROPODA (arthropods) |
HEXAPODA (hexapods) |
INSECTA (insects) |
DIPTERA (two-winged flies) |
SYRPHIDAE (hover flies, drone flies, flower flies) |
Feeding and other inter-species relationships
Volucella bombylans is associated with:
 |
larva | Bombus - bumble bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) | larva feeds on dung/debris nest | 
|
Prys-Jones, O.E. & Corbet, S.A., 1987 |
There may be more taxa associated with Volucella bombylans listed at higher taxonomic level
|
DIPTERA (two-winged flies) |
CYCLORRHAPHA (a suborder of flies) |
SYRPHIDAE (hover flies, drone flies, flower flies) |
Volucella (a genus of hoverflies) |
Associated with Volucella bombylans:
Volucella bombylans may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level
|
ANIMALIA (animals) |
INSECTA (insects) |
DIPTERA (two-winged flies) |
SYRPHIDAE (hover flies, drone flies, flower flies) |
References
| Prys-Jones, O.E. & Corbet, S.A., 1987 | Bumblebees |
