Fucellia tergina (Zetterstedt, 1845)
(a seaweed fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesFucellia tergina (a seaweed fly)
GenusFucellia (seaweed flies)
FamilyANTHOMYIIDAE (anthomyiid flies)
SuperfamilyMUSCOIDEA (dung and house flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Calyptratae (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 Fucellia tergina (a seaweed fly) :
1: Fucellia tergina (a seaweed fly)
17 May 2014 OSGR: SZ08 50° 40’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
2 Males, on washed up seaweed at strandline
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - dark backgroundImage 3: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - dark backgroundImage 4: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - dark background
2: Fucellia tergina (a seaweed fly)
17 May 2014 OSGR: SZ08 50° 40’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, on washed up seaweed at strandline
Image 1: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - dark backgroundImage 3: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - dark backgroundImage 4: Male - hind femur bases - posterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - thoracic pleurae - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - thorax - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Fucellia tergina (a seaweed fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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