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Volucella inanis (Linnaeus, 1758) (a hoverfly)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos
Volucella inanis Imago 15 July 2001 Berks England 3

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Morris, R.K.A. & Ball, S.G., 2002 (Colour photograph) An introduction to British hoverflies and the Hoverfly Recording Scheme

Volucella inanis may also 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 inanis is associated with:

Photos larva Vespidae - wasps (Hymenoptera) larva ectoparasitises larva Restricted Rotheray, G.E., 1993

There may be more taxa associated with Volucella inanis 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 inanis:

Volucella inanis 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

Rotheray, G.E., 1993 Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe

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