Minettia fasciata (Fallen, 1826)
(a lauxaniid fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMinettia fasciata (a lauxaniid fly)
GenusMinettia (a genus of lauxaniid flies)
FamilyLAUXANIIDAE (lauxaniid flies)
SuperfamilyLAUXANIOIDEA (a superfamily of acalypterate 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)
Records of Minettia fasciata (a lauxaniid fly) :
1: Minettia fasciata (a lauxaniid fly)
9 Aug 2014 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
female, swept off Sea Purslane
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Wing - magnified - white backgroundImage 9: Female - terminalia - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background
2: Minettia fasciata (a lauxaniid fly)
3 Jun 2011 OSGR: SY78 50° 40’ N, 2° 20’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, by general sweeping among marsh-side vegetation
Image 1: Male - abdomen and thorax - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 2: Male - dorsal view - highly enlargedImage 3: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 4: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified (2)Image 5: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnifiedImage 6: Male - head and thorax - ventro-lateral view - magnifiedImage 7: Male - head - anterior view - magnifiedImage 8: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 9: Wing - magnifiedImage 10: Male hypopygial sternite - detail - magnifiedImage 11: Male hypopygial sternite - microscope low magnificationImage 12: Male hypopygium - microscope low magnificationImage 13: Male terminalia - ventral view - microscope low magnification
3: Minettia fasciata (a lauxaniid fly) IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN
9 Jul 1998 OSGR: SU58 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on Crack Willow twig
Image 1: Dorsal views (female above, male below)Image 2: Lateral views (female above, male below)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
() Merz, B. 2004 Revision of the Minettia fasciata species-group (Diptera, Lauxaniidae) Revue suisse de Zoologie Vol 111 (1): 183-211.
() Merz, B. 2004 Revision of the Minettia fasciata species-group (Diptera, Lauxaniidae) Revue suisse de Zoologie Vol 111 (1): 183-211.

Minettia fasciata (a lauxaniid fly) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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