Volucella bombylans ssp plumata (Degeer, 1776)
(White-tailed Form Of Fool’s Bumble-bee)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SubspeciesVolucella bombylans ssp plumata (White-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 plumata (White-tailed Form Of Fool’s Bumble-bee) :
1: Volucella bombylans ssp plumata (White-tailed Form Of Fool’s Bumble-bee)
27 May 2018 OSGR: ST90 50° 50’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, in flight
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - lateral view - enlarged - silver background
2: Volucella bombylans ssp plumata (White-tailed Form Of Fool’s Bumble-bee)
24 Jul 2017 OSGR: SU02 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
Female, on ground
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - wings apart - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - wings together - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - lateral view - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - ventral view - silver backgroundImage 5: Antennae - anterior view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and anterior part of thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head - anterior view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Wing - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 11: Egg - microscope low magnification - silver background
3: Volucella bombylans ssp plumata (White-tailed Form Of Fool’s Bumble-bee)
27 Jun 2011 OSGR: SY77 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, resting on leaf
Image 1: Male - dorso-lateral view - close-upImage 2: Male - dorso-lateral view - in situ
4: Volucella bombylans ssp plumata (White-tailed Form Of Fool’s Bumble-bee)
3 Jul 1998 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Female
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - wings apartImage 2: Female - dorsal view - wings togetherImage 3: Female - lateral viewImage 4: Female - lateral view (2)Image 5: Female - ventral view
5: Volucella bombylans ssp plumata (White-tailed Form Of Fool’s Bumble-bee)
18 Jun 1997 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Male
Image 1: Male - antero-lateral viewImage 2: Male - dorsal viewImage 3: Male - dorsal view (2)Image 4: Male - face

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

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Volucella bombylans ssp plumata (White-tailed Form Of Fool’s Bumble-bee)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Volucella bombylans ssp plumata (White-tailed Form Of Fool’s Bumble-bee)
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