Tropidia scita (Harris, [1780])
(a hoverfly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTropidia scita (a hoverfly)
TribeXylotini (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 Tropidia scita (a hoverfly) :
1: Tropidia scita (a hoverfly)
5 Jun 2005 OSGR: SU36 51° 20’ N, 1° 30’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Female, visiting Creeping Buttercup
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - wings apart - enlargedImage 2: Female - dorsal view - wings together - enlargedImage 3: Female - lateral view - enlargedImage 4: Female visiting Buttercup flower - dorsal view - enlargedImage 5: Female visiting Buttercup flower - dorso-lateral view - enlargedImage 6: Female visiting Buttercup flower - front three-quarter view view - enlargedImage 7: Female visiting Buttercup flower - lateral view - close-up - enlargedImage 8: Female visiting Buttercup flower - lateral view - enlarged
2: Tropidia scita (a hoverfly)
6 Jun 1998 OSGR: SU36 51° 20’ N, 1° 30’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Side viewImage 2: Top view - wings apartImage 3: Top view - wings togetherImage 4: Top view - wings together (2)Image 5: Underside
3: Tropidia scita (a hoverfly)
6 Jun 1998 OSGR: SU36 51° 20’ N, 1° 30’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Side viewImage 2: Top view - wings apartImage 3: Top view - wings togetherImage 4: Underside

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

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