Morellia simplex (Loew, 1857)
(a muscid fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMorellia simplex (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 simplex (a muscid fly) :
1: Morellia simplex (a muscid fly)
6 May 2012 OSGR: SY68 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
female, attracted to human bait
Image 1: Antenna - lateral view - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - white backgroundImage 3: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - white backgroundImage 4: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - white backgroundImage 5: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - white background (2)Image 6: Female - head and thorax - ventral view - magnified - white backgroundImage 7: Female - head and thorax - ventral view - magnified - white background (2)Image 8: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - white backgroundImage 9: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - white backgroundImage 10: Female - head, thorax and abdomen - dorsal view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 11: Female - lateral view - enlarged - white backgroundImage 12: Female - proboscis and prosternum - ventral view - magnifiedImage 13: Wing - highly enlarged - white background

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

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BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Morellia simplex (a muscid fly)
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