Conops ceriaeformis Meigen, 1824
(a thick-headed fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesConops ceriaeformis (a thick-headed fly)
GenusConops (a genus of bee- and waspgrabbers)
FamilyCONOPIDAE (thick-headed flies, or beegrabbers and waspgrabbers)
SuperfamilyCONOPOIDEA (thick-headed 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 Conops ceriaeformis (a thick-headed fly) :
1: Conops ceriaeformis (a thick-headed fly)
16 Aug 2004 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Female, on cultivated Golden Rod flowers
Image 1: Female - abdomen - lateral view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 2: Female - abdomen - ventral view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 3: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - grey backgroundImage 4: Female - lateral view - enlarged - grey backgroundImage 5: Female - lateral view - enlarged - grey background (2)Image 6: Female - ventral view - enlarged - grey backgroundImage 7: Female - head, antennae, thorax - dorsal view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 8: Female - head, antennae, thorax - lateral view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 9: Female - head, antennae, thorax - lateral view - magnified - grey background (2)Image 10: Female - head, antennae, thorax - lateral view - magnified - grey background (3)Image 11: Female - head, antennae - ventral view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 12: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 13: Female - thorax - lateral view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 14: Wing - magnified - grey backgroundImage 15: Wing - magnified - white background

Conops ceriaeformis (a thick-headed fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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