Clusiodes gentilis (Collin, 1912)
(a druid fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesClusiodes gentilis (a druid fly)
GenusClusiodes (a genus of druid flies)
FamilyCLUSIIDAE (druid flies)
SuperfamilyOPOMYZOIDEA (a superfamily of acalypterate flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Acalyptratae (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 Clusiodes gentilis (a druid fly) :
1: Clusiodes gentilis (a druid fly)
19 May 2016 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, on cut end of pine stump, near recently-cut birch stump with fermenting sap run
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - lateral view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background
2: Clusiodes gentilis (a druid fly)
4 Oct 2011 OSGR: SO46 52° 20’ N, 2° 50’ W Vice County: Hereford (VC 36) England
male, swept around fallen oak log
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 3: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 4: Male - head - anterior view - magnifiedImage 5: Male - head - antero-dorsal view - magnifiedImage 6: Male - head - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 7: Male - lateral view - close-up - magnifiedImage 8: Male - lateral view - close-up - magnified (2)Image 9: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 10: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - white background (2)Image 11: Wing - magnifiedImage 12: Male - genitalia - outer lobes - microscope low magnificationImage 13: Male - terminalia - lateral view - microscope low magnification

Clusiodes gentilis (a druid fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Clusiodes gentilis (a druid fly)
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