Neomyia cornicina (Fabricius, 1781)
(a green-headed green-bottle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesNeomyia cornicina (a green-headed green-bottle)
GenusNeomyia (green-headed green-bottles)
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 Neomyia cornicina (a green-headed green-bottle) :
1: Neomyia cornicina (a green-headed green-bottle)
5 Apr 2018 OSGR: SU21 50° 60’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Male, visiting Daisy
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver background
2: Neomyia cornicina (a green-headed green-bottle)
23 Oct 2011 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Male, on south-facing house wall in sunshine
Image 1: Male - abdomen - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 2: Male - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 3: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 4: Male - head and thorax - antero-ventral view - magnifiedImage 5: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnifiedImage 6: Male - head - anterior view - magnifiedImage 7: Male - head - antero-dorsal view - magnifiedImage 8: Male - head - antero-ventral view - close-up - magnifiedImage 9: Male - head - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 10: Male - head - fronto-lateral view - magnifiedImage 11: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 12: Male - thorax - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 13: Male - thorax - lateral view - close-up - magnifiedImage 14: Male - thorax - lateral view - magnifiedImage 15: Male - ventral view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 16: Wing (right) - magnified
3: Neomyia cornicina (a green-headed green-bottle)
23 Oct 2011 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Male, on south-facing house wall in sunshine
Image 1: Male - genitalia - everted - lateral view - close-up - magnifiedImage 2: Male - genitalia - everted - lateral view - magnifiedImage 3: Male - genitalia - everted - lateral view - magnified (2)
4: Neomyia cornicina (a green-headed green-bottle)
23 Oct 2011 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Female, on south-facing house wall in sunshine
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 2: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 3: Female - head and thorax - ventro-lateral view - magnified - white backgroundImage 4: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - white backgroundImage 5: Female - head - antero-dorsal view - magnified - white backgroundImage 6: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - white backgroundImage 7: Female - head - front three-quarter view - close-up - magnified - white backgroundImage 8: Female - head - front three-quarter view - magnified - white backgroundImage 9: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - white backgroundImage 10: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - white background (2)Image 11: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 12: Female - thorax - dorso-lateral view - magnified - white background

Neomyia cornicina (a green-headed green-bottle) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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