Chloromyia formosa (Scopoli, 1763)

We've been neglecting the flies quite unfairly.

Male. Photographed in Bosham, West Sussex, UK, in June 2012, using an Olympus E-420 with 40-150mm Zuiko lens and 3 KOOD magnifiers.

This rather hairy little fellow is

Chloromyia formosa 

(Scopoli, 1763)

Also known in the UK as the Broad Centurian. It's colourful, reasonably common and - important note - harmless. As an adult it's a pollinator, as a larva it eats decaying leaves, and doesn't intentionally land on food or sewage, so really, about as unimposing as an insect can be. 

Another angle, female in this instance, to give you some idea of the overall form of the animal:

Female, same place, time and camera.

 And with that, I suppose we should get on with the Taxonomy.

- Sarginae     
- Stratiomyidae
- Stratiomyoidea 
- Tabanomorpha   
- Brachycera           

See also Senaspis haemorrhoa, Helophilus pendulus, Episyrphus balteatus, Diasemopsis meigenii, Metadon inermis and Dolichotachina caudata.

- Diptera                    

See also Megistocera filipes.

- Antliophora               

See also Panorpa germanica.

- Panorpida                    

See also Metisella willemi, Acada biseriata, Anthocharis cardamines, Laelia robusta, Zebronia phenice and Crambus pascuella.

- Endopterygota               

See also Phyllobius pomaceus, Otiorhynchus atroapterus, Malachius bipustulatus, Oedemera noobilis,Cheilomenes lunata, Melolontha melolontha, Neojulodis vittipennis, Demetrias atricapillus, Anthia fornasiini, Synagris proserpina, Vespula germanica, Astata tropicalis, Andrena nigroaenea and Hagenomyia tristis. 

- Eumetabola                      

See also Pephricus, Anoplocnemis curvipes, Ranatra, and Grypocoris stysi.

- Neoptera                            

See also Cyathosternum prehensile, Lobosceliana loboscelis, Stictogryllacris punctata, Sibylla and Humbe tenuicornis.

- Metapterygota                      

See also  Rhyothemis semihyalina, Pseudagrion hageni, Enallagma cyathigerum and Lestinogomphus angustus.

- Pterygota                                
- Dicondylia                                 
- Insecta                                         
- Hexapoda                                      
- Arthropoda                                      

See also Hyllus argyrotoxus, Argiope bruennichi, Enoplognatha ovata, Alopecosa barbipes, Dicranopalpus ramosus and Ligia oceanica. 

- Ecdysozoa                                         
- Protostomia                                         
- Nephrozoa                                             

See also Hipposideros vittatus, Troglodytes troglodytes, , Chalcophaps indica, Ardea goliath, Sterna hirundo, Burhinus vermiculatus, Thelotornis capensis, Lygodactylus capensis, Trachylepis varia, Zootoca vivipara, Chiromantis xerampelina, Rana temporaria and Synchiropus splendidus

 - Bilateralia                                                

- Eumetazoa                                                 

- Animalia                                                       
- Eukaryota                                                       

And that is all, folks!