Dioxyna bidentis (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)
(Bur-marigold Fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesDioxyna bidentis (Bur-marigold Fly)
FamilyTEPHRITIDAE (gall-flies, greater fruit flies)
SuperfamilyTEPHRITOIDEA (lance and picture-wing 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 Dioxyna bidentis (Bur-marigold Fly) :
1: Dioxyna bidentis (Bur-marigold Fly)
18 Mar 2017 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, at Actinic light, after dark
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - fore-parts - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver background
2: Dioxyna bidentis (Bur-marigold Fly)
15 Sep 2016 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, swept off Weld
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - fore-parts - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - lateral view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - lateral view - wings up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Wing - magnified - white backgroundImage 11: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - head - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Dioxyna bidentis (Bur-marigold Fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Dioxyna bidentis (Bur-marigold Fly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 7 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Dioxyna bidentis (Bur-marigold Fly)
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