Dryope flaveola (Fabricius, 1794)
(a Dryomyzid fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesDryope flaveola (a Dryomyzid fly)
GenusDryope (a genus of Dryomyzid flies)
FamilyDRYOMYZIDAE (a family of flies)
SuperfamilySCIOMYZOIDEA (snail-killing, lesser dung & kelp 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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Falk, S.J. 2005 The identification and status of Dryomyza decrepita Zettertedt (Diptera, Dryomyzidae) Dipterists Digest (2nd Series) Vol. 12 No. 1: 7-12.

Dryope flaveola (a Dryomyzid fly) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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