Volucella zonaria

Taxobox | name = "Volucella zonaria"


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
subphylum = Hexapoda
classis = Insecta
subclassis = Pterygota
infraclassis = Neoptera
superordo = Endopterygota|
ordo = Diptera
subordo = Brachycera
infraordo = Muscomorpha
zoosectio = Aschiza
superfamilia = Syrphoidea
familia = Syrphidae
subfamilia = Eristalinae
tribus = Volucellini
genus = "Volucella"
species = "V. zonaria"
binomial = "Volucella zonaria"
binomial_authority = (Poda, 1761)
synonyms = Conops zonaria Poda, 1761

"Volucella zonaria" also called the Hornet Mimic Hoverfly, is a European species of hoverfly. [cite book|author=Stubbs, Alan E. and Falk, Steven J.|year=1983 |title=British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide|pages=253, xvpp |publisher=British Entomological & Natural History Society] In Britain it was only know from two specimens prior to 1940, and so was regarded as a rare. Since then it has become increasingly widespread in many parts of the South and South East of England, often in association with parks and gardens where adults are usually seen visiting flowers. Elsewhere in England there are only a few scattered records. The larvae live as commensals in nests of wasps of the genus Vespula). Like all "Volucella" The adults are migratory.

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