Chorisops nagatomii Rozkošný, 1979
(Bright Four-spined Legionnaire)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesChorisops nagatomii (Bright Four-spined Legionnaire)
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 Chorisops nagatomii (Bright Four-spined Legionnaire) :
1: Chorisops nagatomii (Bright Four-spined Legionnaire)
22 Sep 2014 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, on bramble leaf
Image 1: Female - abdomen - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - wings apart0 - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - dorsal view - wings together - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - fore-parts - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - wing - magnified - white background
2: Chorisops nagatomii (Bright Four-spined Legionnaire)
25 Jul 2014 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, entered house
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - wings apart - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - wings together - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - foreparts - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - ventral view - wings apart - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Wing - magnified - white backgroundImage 11: Female - anterior view - close-up - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Speight, M.C.D. 1981 Chorisops nagatomii, an insect new to Ireland and its segregation from C. tibialis (Diptera: Stratiomyiidae). Irish Nat. J. Vol 20 (8): 327-329.

Chorisops nagatomii (Bright Four-spined Legionnaire) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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