Apiloscatopse picea (Meigen, 1818)
(a scatopsid fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesApiloscatopse picea (a scatopsid fly)
GenusApiloscatopse (a genus of scatopsid flies)
FamilySCATOPSIDAE (scatopsid flies)
SuperfamilySCATOPSOIDEA (scatopsid flies)
InfraorderPsychodomorpha (owl midges or moth flies, winter & window gnats, scatopsids)
SuborderNEMATOCERA (thread-horned flies, gnat)
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)
Records of Apiloscatopse picea (a scatopsid fly) :
1: Apiloscatopse picea (a scatopsid fly)
23 Oct 2011 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
3 small flies, swept off flowering Ivy
Image 1: Dorsal view - magnified - white backgroundImage 2: Dorso-lateral view - magnified - white backgroundImage 3: Lateral view - close-up - magnifiedImage 4: Lateral view - magnified - white backgroundImage 5: Ventro-lateral view - magnified - white background
2: Apiloscatopse picea (a scatopsid fly)
24 Oct 2003 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on flowering Ivy
Image 1: Head - antero-ventral view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 2: Lateral view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 3: Lateral view showing wing - magnified - grey backgroundImage 4: Lateral view showing wings - magnified - grey backgroundImage 5: Lateral view showing wing venation - magnified - pale backgroundImage 6: Set specimen - ventral view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 7: Ventral view - magnified - grey background

Apiloscatopse picea (a scatopsid fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Apiloscatopse picea (a scatopsid fly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Apiloscatopse picea (a scatopsid fly)

A small dark fly which is particularly abundant on flowering Ivy (Hedera helix) in the autumn

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