Palloptera saltuum (Linnaeus, 1758)
(a flutter fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPalloptera saltuum (a flutter fly)
GenusPalloptera (a genus of flutter flies)
FamilyPALLOPTERIDAE (flutter flies)
SuperfamilyTEPHRITOIDEA (lance and picture-wing 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 Palloptera saltuum (a flutter fly) :
1: Palloptera saltuum (a flutter fly)
20 Jun 2012 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
wing-waving on Burdock leaf
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 2: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 3: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 4: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 5: Wing - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 6: Female - antennae - anterior view - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 7: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 8: Female - head - antero-dorsal view - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 9: Female - head - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 10: Female - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - white background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Ozerov, A.L. 2009 A review of the family Pallopteridae (Diptera) of the fauna of Russia Russian Entomol. J. Vol 18 (2): 129-146.

Palloptera saltuum (a flutter fly) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Palloptera saltuum (a flutter fly)
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