Myopa testacea (Linnaeus, 1767)
(a thick-headed fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMyopa testacea (a thick-headed fly)
GenusMyopa (a genus of beegrabbers)
FamilyCONOPIDAE (thick-headed flies, or beegrabbers and waspgrabbers)
SuperfamilyCONOPOIDEA (thick-headed 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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Stuke, J.-H. & Clements, D.K. 2008 Revision of the Myopa testacea Species-Group in the Palaearctic Region (Diptera: Conopidae) Zootaxa Vol 1713: 1-26.

Myopa testacea (a thick-headed fly) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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