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title: "Lesser Hornet Hoverfly"
description: "Volucella inanis — Insetos e aranhas. Volucella inanis is a species of hoverfly belonging to the family Syrphidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/lesser-hornet-hoverfly
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Lesser Hornet Hoverfly

> Volucella inanis — Insetos e aranhas. Volucella inanis is a species of hoverfly belonging to the family Syrphidae.

- Scientific name: *Volucella inanis*
- Category: `insects` (Insetos e aranhas)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 7839
- Wikidata: [Q1497291](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1497291)
- iNaturalist taxon: [363754](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/363754)

## Names

- en: Lesser Hornet Hoverfly
- de: Gelbe Hummel-Schwebfliege
- fr: Volucelle vide

## Countries with the most observations

GB (2780), FI (869), RU (722), FR (620), DE (612), AT (339), IT (298), PL (257), SE (212), DK (145), ES (143), UA (139)

## Summary

Volucella inanis is a species of hoverfly belonging to the family Syrphidae.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volucella_inanis

## Photo

![Lesser Hornet Hoverfly](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/lesser-hornet-hoverfly/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jens Ullenius · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/177541733

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/lesser-hornet-hoverfly?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).