Xylota abiens Meigen, 1822
(a hoverfly)

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

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesXylota abiens (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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Xylota abiens (a hoverfly)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Rotheray, G.E. 2004 The early stages of Xylota abiens Meigen, with a key to the larvae and puparia of British Xylota species (Diptera: Syrphidae) Dipterists Digest (2nd Series) Vol 11, No. 2: 83-97.

Xylota abiens (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 Xylota abiens (a hoverfly):

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