Conops flavipes Linnaeus, 1758
(a thick-headed fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesConops flavipes (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 flavipes (a thick-headed fly) :
1: Conops flavipes (a thick-headed fly)
23 Aug 2013 OSGR: TQ15 51° 20’ N, 0° 20’ W Vice County: Surrey (VC 17) England
visiting Hemp Agrimonia
Image 1: Cleaning proboscis and antennae - enlargedImage 2: Dorsal view - enlargedImage 3: Dorsal view - enlarged (2)Image 4: Dorsal view - enlarged (3)Image 5: Dorso-lateral view - enlargedImage 6: Postero-dorsal view - enlargedImage 7: Taking off from Hemp Agrimony inflorescence - enlargedImage 8: Visiting Hemp Agrimony - enlarged
2: Conops flavipes (a thick-headed fly)
21 Aug 2012 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Male, visiting Ragwort
Image 1: Male - abdomen - dorsal view - enlarged - pale backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - pale backgroundImage 3: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - pale background (2)Image 4: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 5: Male - head - antero-dorsal view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 6: Male - head - antero-ventral view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 7: Male - head - lateral view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 8: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 9: Male - thorax - lateral view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 10: Male - ventral view - enlarged - pale backgroundImage 11: Wing - highly enlarged - white background

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

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Conops flavipes (a thick-headed fly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Conops flavipes (a thick-headed fly)
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