Volucella inanis (Linnaeus, 1758)
(a hoverfly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesVolucella inanis (a hoverfly)
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 inanis (a hoverfly) :
1: Volucella inanis (a hoverfly)
25 Aug 2013 OSGR: TQ15 51° 20’ N, 0° 20’ W Vice County: Surrey (VC 17) England
male, visiting Hemp Agrimony, Field Scabious
Image 1: Male - visiting Hemp Agrimony - anterior viewImage 2: Male - visiting Hemp Agrimony - anterior view (2)Image 3: Male - visiting Hemp Agrimony - anterior view (3)Image 4: Male - visiting Hemp Agrimony - antero-dorsal viewImage 5: Male - visiting Hemp Agrimony - antero-dorsal view (2)Image 6: Male - visiting Hemp Agrimony - antero-dorsal view (3)Image 7: Male - visiting Hemp Agrimony - dorsal viewImage 8: Male - visiting Hemp Agrimony - dorsal view (2)Image 9: Male - visiting Hemp Agrimony - dorsal view (3)Image 10: Male - visiting Hemp Agrimony - dorsal view (4)Image 11: Male - visiting Hemp Agrimony - dorsal view (5)Image 12: Male - visiting Hemp Agrimony - dorsal view (6)Image 13: Male - visiting Hemp Agrimony - dorsal view (7)Image 14: Male - visiting Hemp Agrimony - dorsal view (8)Image 15: Male - visiting Hemp Agrimony - dorsal view (9)Image 16: Male - visiting Hemp Agrimony - dorsal view (10)Image 17: Male - visiting Hemp Agrimony - dorsal view (11)Image 18: Male - visiting Hemp Agrimony - dorsal view (12)Image 19: Male - visiting Hemp Agrimony - dorsal view (13)Image 20: Male - visiting Hemp Agrimony - dorsal view (14)Image 21: Male - visiting Hemp Agrimony - front three-quarter viewImage 22: Male - visiting Hemp Agrimony - latero-dorsal viewImage 23: Male - visiting Hemp Agrimony - latero-dorsal view (2)Image 24: Male - visiting Hemp Agrimony - latero-dorsal view (3)Image 25: Male - visiting Hemp Agrimony - latero-dorsal view (4)Image 26: Male - visiting Hemp Agrimony - latero-dorsal view (5)Image 27: Male - visiting Hemp Agrimony - latero-dorsal view (6)Image 28: Male - visiting Hemp Agrimony - latero-dorsal view (7)Image 29: Male - visiting Hemp Agrimony - postero-dorsal viewImage 30: Male - visiting Hemp Agrimony - postero-dorsal view (2)Image 31: Male - visiting Hemp Agrimony - postero-dorsal view (3)Image 32: Male - visiting Hemp Agrimony - rear three-quarter viewImage 33: Male - visiting Wild Scabious - close-upImage 34: Male - visiting Wild Scabious - dorsal viewImage 35: Male - visiting Wild Scabious - dorsal view (2)Image 36: Male - visiting Wild Scabious - dorsal view (3)Image 37: Male - visiting Wild Scabious - dorsal view (4)Image 38: Male - visiting Wild Scabious - dorsal view (5)Image 39: Male - visiting Wild Scabious - dorsal view (6)Image 40: Male - visiting Wild Scabious - dorsal view (7)Image 41: Male - visiting Wild Scabious - dorsal view (8)Image 42: Male - visiting Wild Scabious - dorsal view (9)Image 43: Male - visiting Wild Scabious - dorsal view (10)Image 44: Male - visiting Wild Scabious - dorsal view (11)Image 45: Male - visiting Wild Scabious - dorsal view (12)Image 46: Male - visiting Wild Scabious - dorsal view (13)Image 47: Male - visiting Wild Scabious - dorsal view (14)Image 48: Male - visiting Wild Scabious - dorsal view (15)Image 49: Male - visiting Wild Scabious - dorsal view (16)Image 50: Male - visiting Wild Scabious - dorsal view (17)Image 51: Male - visiting Wild Scabious - dorso-lateral viewImage 52: Male - visiting Wild Scabious - dorso-lateral view (2)Image 53: Male - visiting Wild Scabious - dorso-lateral view (3)Image 54: Male - visiting Wild Scabious - dorso-lateral view (4)Image 55: Male - visiting Wild Scabious - lateral viewImage 56: Male - visiting Wild Scabious - lateral view (2)Image 57: Male - visiting Wild Scabious - lateral view (3)Image 58: Male - visiting Wild Scabious - latero-dorsal viewImage 59: Male - visiting Wild Scabious - latero-dorsal view (2)Image 60: Male - visiting Wild Scabious - latero-dorsal view (3)Image 61: Male - visiting Wild Scabious - latero-dorsal view (4)Image 62: Male - visiting Wild Scabious - posterior viewImage 63: Male - visiting Wild Scabious - postero-dorsal viewImage 64: Male - visiting Wild Scabious - postero-dorsal view (2)Image 65: Male - visiting Wild Scabious - rear three-quarter viewImage 66: Male - visiting Hemp Agrimony - front three-quarter view - close-up - enlargedImage 67: Male - visiting Wild Scabious - anterior view - close-up - enlargedImage 68: Male - visiting Wild Scabious - anterior view - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 69: Male - visiting Wild Scabious - anterior view - close-up - enlarged (3)Image 70: Male - visiting Wild Scabious - anterior view - close-up - enlarged (4)Image 71: Male - visiting Wild Scabious - fore-parts - dorso-lateral view - close-up - enlargedImage 72: Male - visiting Wild Scabious - fore-parts - dorso-lateral view - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 73: Male - visiting Wild Scabious - front three-quarter view - close-up - enlargedImage 74: Male - visiting Wild Scabious - front three-quarter view - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 75: Male - visiting Wild Scabious - front three-quarter view - close-up - enlarged (3)Image 76: Male - visiting Wild Scabious - front three-quarter view - close-up - enlarged (4)
2: Volucella inanis (a hoverfly)
23 Aug 2013 OSGR: TQ15 51° 20’ N, 0° 20’ W Vice County: Surrey (VC 17) England
visiting Buddleia
Image 1: Visiting Buddleia - dorsal viewImage 2: Visiting Buddleia - dorsal view (2)
3: Volucella inanis (a hoverfly)
15 Jul 2001 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
at flowers of Creeping Thistle
Image 1: Dorsal viewImage 2: Front viewImage 3: On creeping thistle

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Morris, R.K.A. & Ball, S.G. 2002 An introduction to British hoverflies and the Hoverfly Recording Scheme British Wildlife Vol 14, No 1: 38-45.

Volucella inanis (a hoverfly) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Volucella inanis (a hoverfly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Volucella inanis (a hoverfly)
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