Xylota sylvarum (Linnaeus, 1758)
(a hoverfly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesXylota sylvarum (a hoverfly)
GenusXylota (a genus of hoverflies)
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 Xylota sylvarum (a hoverfly) :
1: Xylota sylvarum (a hoverfly)
17 Jul 2013 OSGR: SY68 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, investigating hole in old ?beech or lime stump
Image 1: Female - abdomen - dorsal view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - pale backgroundImage 3: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 4: Female - head - anterior view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 5: Female - head - latero-dorsal view, and thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 6: Female - lateral view - enlarged - pale backgroundImage 7: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 8: Wing - highly enlarged - white background
2: Xylota sylvarum (a hoverfly)
20 Jul 1997 OSGR: SU57 51° 30’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - grey backgroundImage 2: Female - lateral view - grey backgroundImage 3: Female - ventral view - grey background

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

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Xylota sylvarum (a hoverfly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Xylota sylvarum (a hoverfly)
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