Microchrysa polita (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Black-horned Gem)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMicrochrysa polita (Black-horned Gem)
GenusMicrochrysa (gem soldierflies)
FamilySTRATIOMYIDAE (soldierflies)
SuperfamilySTRATIOMYOIDEA (soldier flies)
InfraorderStratiomyomorpha (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 Microchrysa polita (Black-horned Gem) :
1: Microchrysa polita (Black-horned Gem)
5 Oct 2018 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, at window, 3pm.
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - wings apart - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - wings together - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - fore-parts - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - latera view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - antennae - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver background
2: Microchrysa polita (Black-horned Gem)
10 Jun 2017 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, at light in the evening
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - wings apart - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - wings together - highly enlarged - 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 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head - dorso-lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Wing and haltere - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Wing - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - antennae - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - head and part thorax - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 14: Male - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background
3: Microchrysa polita (Black-horned Gem)
21 Jun 1997 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
around compost heap
Image 1: Female and male - dorsal viewsImage 2: Male and female - lateral viewsImage 3: Male and female - ventral views
4: Microchrysa polita (Black-horned Gem)
4 May 1997 OSGR: SU57 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
in Heath trap
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - wings together

Microchrysa polita (Black-horned Gem) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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