Morellia aenescens Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
(a muscid fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMorellia aenescens (a muscid fly)
GenusMorellia (a genus of muscid flies)
FamilyMUSCIDAE (muscid flies: house fly, green bottles)
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 Morellia aenescens (a muscid fly) :
1: Morellia aenescens (a muscid fly)
9 Aug 2011 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Male, visiting Hemp Agrimony
Image 1: Male - abdomen - dorsal view - highly enlargedImage 2: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 3: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - white background (2)Image 4: Male - genitalia - opened - postero-ventral view - magnifiedImage 5: Male - genitalia - opened - ventral view - magnifiedImage 6: Male - head and thorax - ventral view - magnifiedImage 7: Male - head - anterior view - magnifiedImage 8: Male - head - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 9: Male - head - lateral view - magnifiedImage 10: Male - head - postero-dorsal view - magnifiedImage 11: Male - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified (2)Image 12: Male - head - ventro-anterior view - magnifiedImage 13: Male - hind leg - anterior view - magnifiedImage 14: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 15: Male - thorax - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 16: Male - thorax - dorsal view - magnified (2)Image 17: Male - thorax - lateral view - magnifiedImage 18: Wing - highly enlarged

Morellia aenescens (a muscid fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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