Apiloscatopse scutellata (Loew, 1846)
(a scatopsid fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesApiloscatopse scutellata (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 scutellata (a scatopsid fly) :
1: Apiloscatopse scutellata (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: Dorsal view - magnifiedImage 2: Head - ventral view - magnifiedImage 3: Head - ventral view - magnified (2)Image 4: Ventral view - magnifiedImage 5: Set specimen - dorsal view - magnified

Apiloscatopse scutellata (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 scutellata (a scatopsid fly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Apiloscatopse scutellata (a scatopsid fly)

A small dark fly, which, with Apiloscatopse picea, is often found on flowering Ivy (Hedera helix) in the autumn

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