Volucella bombylans ssp bombylans (L.)
(Red-tailed Form Of Fool’s Bumble-bee)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SubspeciesVolucella bombylans ssp bombylans (Red-tailed Form Of Fool’s Bumble-bee)
SpeciesVolucella bombylans (Fool’s Bumble-bee)
GenusVolucella (a genus of hoverflies)
TribeVolucellini (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 Volucella bombylans ssp bombylans (Red-tailed Form Of Fool’s Bumble-bee) :
1: Volucella bombylans ssp bombylans (Red-tailed Form Of Fool’s Bumble-bee)
22 May 1998 OSGR: SU36 51° 20’ N, 1° 30’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Dorsal view - wings apartImage 2: Lateral viewImage 3: Ventral viewImage 4: Ventral view (2)
2: Volucella bombylans ssp bombylans (Red-tailed Form Of Fool’s Bumble-bee)
14 Jul 1971 OSGR: TQ20 50° 50’ N, 0° 10’ W Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14) England
Visiting Wild Parsnip
Image 1: Anterior view - close-up - enlargedImage 2: Lateral view - close-up - enlargedImage 3: Posterior view - close-up - enlarged

Volucella bombylans ssp bombylans (Red-tailed Form Of Fool’s Bumble-bee) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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