Cephalops varipes (Meigen, 1824)
(a big-headed fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCephalops varipes (a big-headed fly)
GenusCephalops (a genus of big-headed flies)
SubfamilyPIPUNCULINAE (a subfamily of big-headed flies)
FamilyPIPUNCULIDAE (big-headed flies)
SuperfamilySYRPHOIDEA (hover flies, drone flies, flower flies & big-headed flies)
InfraorderEremoneura - Cyclorrhapha (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 Cephalops varipes (a big-headed fly) :
1: Cephalops varipes (a big-headed fly)
13 Sep 2015 OSGR: ST90 50° 50’ N, 2° 10’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, swept off rank grass
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Wing - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - abdomen - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - dorsal view - close-up - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - fore-parts - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - ovipositor - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - ovipositor - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background (2)Image 12: Female - terminalia - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - terminalia - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - thorax - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Cephalops varipes (a big-headed fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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A widespread species of big-headed fly.

References:
Author & YearTitleSource
Coe, R.L., 1966PipunculidaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, X part 2(c), 83pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
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