Platycheirus albimanus (Fabricius, 1781)
(a hoverfly)

Platycheirus albimanus (a hoverfly) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Platycheirus albimanus (a hoverfly) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPlatycheirus albimanus (a hoverfly)
GenusPlatycheirus (a genus of hoverflies)
TribeBacchini (a tribe of hoverflies)
SubfamilySYRPHINAE (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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Platycheirus albimanus (a hoverfly)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
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.

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Platycheirus albimanus (a hoverfly):

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