Goniocera versicolor (Fallen, 1820)
(Lackey Botherer)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesGoniocera versicolor (Lackey Botherer)
TribeSiphonini (a tribe of parasitoid flies)
SubfamilyTACHININAE (a subfamily of parasitoid fles)
FamilyTACHINIDAE (parasitoid flies)
SuperfamilyOESTROIDEA (blow-flies, blue-bottles, flesh flies and parasitoid 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 Goniocera versicolor (Lackey Botherer) :
1: Goniocera versicolor (Lackey Botherer)
8 May 2018 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, on bramble hedge with tent caterpillars
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - fore-parts - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver background (2)Image 6: Male - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - head - lateral view - magnified - silver background (2)Image 10: Male - lateral view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - lateral view - wings held flat - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - lateral view - wings raised - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver background

Goniocera versicolor (Lackey Botherer) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Goniocera versicolor (Lackey Botherer)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Goniocera versicolor (Lackey Botherer)

A small, rare tachinid which is a specialist parasitoid of Malacosoma neustria (Lackey moth) caterpillars along the south coasts of England and Wales. The adults are found in May.

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