Orygma luctuosum Meigen, 1830
(a lesser dung fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesOrygma luctuosum (a lesser dung fly)
FamilySEPSIDAE (a family of lesser dung flies)
SuperfamilySCIOMYZOIDEA (snail-killing, lesser dung & kelp 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 Orygma luctuosum (a lesser dung fly) :
1: Orygma luctuosum (a lesser dung fly)
21 Apr 2013 OSGR: SY77 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, running away when rotting seaweed was disturbed
Image 1: Male - abdomen - ventral view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 3: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 4: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 5: Male - head and thorax - ventral view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 6: Male - head - anterior view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 7: Male - head - ventral view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 8: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 9: Male - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 10: Male - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - grey background (2)Image 11: Male - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - grey background (3)Image 12: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 13: Wing - magnified - white backgroundImage 14: Male - claspers - opened - Image 15: Male - genitalia - opened -
2: Orygma luctuosum (a lesser dung fly)
21 Apr 2013 OSGR: SY77 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, running away when rotting seaweed was disturbed
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 2: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - grey background
3: Orygma luctuosum (a lesser dung fly)
16 May 2008 OSGR: NS24 55° 40’ N, 4° 50’ W Vice County: Ayrshire (VC 75) Scotland
Female, in sand
Image 1: Female - antero-dorsal view - enlargedImage 2: Female - dorsal view - enlargedImage 3: Female - dorsal view - enlarged (2)Image 4: Female - dorsal view - enlarged (3)Image 5: Female - dorsal view - enlarged (4)Image 6: Female - dorsal view - enlarged (5)Image 7: Female - dorsal view - enlarged (6)Image 8: Female - front three-quarter view - enlargedImage 9: Female - postero-dorsal view - enlarged
4: Orygma luctuosum (a lesser dung fly)
16 May 2008 OSGR: NS24 55° 40’ N, 4° 50’ W Vice County: Ayrshire (VC 75) Scotland
on sand
Image 1: Latero-dorsal view - on sand - enlarged

Orygma luctuosum (a lesser dung fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Orygma luctuosum (a lesser dung fly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Orygma luctuosum (a lesser dung fly)
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