Beris chalybata (Forster, 1771)
(Murky-legged Black Legionnaire)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesBeris chalybata (Murky-legged Black Legionnaire)
GenusBeris (legionnaire soldierflies)
FamilySTRATIOMYIDAE (soldierflies)
SuperfamilySTRATIOMYOIDEA (soldier flies)
InfraorderStratiomyomorpha (an infraorder of flies)
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 Beris chalybata (Murky-legged Black Legionnaire) :
1: Beris chalybata (Murky-legged Black Legionnaire)
24 May 2012 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
female, indoors
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 2: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 3: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 4: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 5: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 6: Wing - magnified - white background
2: Beris chalybata (Murky-legged Black Legionnaire)
15 May 2005 OSGR: SU68 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Male, dead, attached to leaf by genitalia
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - highly enlargedImage 2: Male - genitalia - ventral view - highly enlargedImage 3: Male - genitalia - ventral view - highly enlarged (2)Image 4: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged

Beris chalybata (Murky-legged Black Legionnaire) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Beris chalybata (Murky-legged Black Legionnaire)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Beris chalybata (Murky-legged Black Legionnaire)
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