Gimnomera tarsea (Fallén, 1819)
(a dung fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesGimnomera tarsea (a dung fly)
FamilySCATHOPHAGIDAE (dung 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 Gimnomera tarsea (a dung fly) :
1: Gimnomera tarsea (a dung fly) IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN
15 Jun 2014 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
puparium in Lousewort seedpod, with half-eaten seeds
Image 1: Puparium - in opened seed pod - magnifiedImage 2: Puparium - magnified

Gimnomera tarsea (a dung fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Gimnomera tarsea (a dung fly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Gimnomera tarsea (a dung fly)
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