Blepharomyia pagana (Meigen, 1824)
(a parasitoid fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesBlepharomyia pagana (a parasitoid fly)
TribeVoriini (a tribe of parasitoid flies)
SubfamilyDEXIINAE (a subfamily of parasitoid flies)
FamilyTACHINIDAE (parasitoid flies)
SuperfamilyOESTROIDEA (blow-flies, blue-bottles, flesh flies and parasitoid flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Calyptratae (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 Blepharomyia pagana (a parasitoid fly) :
1: Blepharomyia pagana (a parasitoid fly)
28 May 2021 OSGR: ST71 50° 50’ N, 2° 20’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
eggs on Mottled Umber caterpillar
Image 1: Caterpillar with two eggs on thorax - dorsal view - enlarged - natural backgroundImage 2: Caterpillar with two eggs on thorax - lateral ivew - enlarged - natural backgroundImage 3: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head - anterior view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Two eggs on host thorax - highly enlarged - natural backgroundImage 10: Two eggs on host thorax - highly enlarged - natural background (2)

Blepharomyia pagana (a parasitoid fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Blepharomyia pagana (a parasitoid fly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 6 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Blepharomyia pagana (a parasitoid fly)
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