Pegoplata infirma (Meigen, 1826)
(an anthomyiid fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPegoplata infirma (an anthomyiid fly)
GenusPegoplata (a genus of anthomyiid flies)
FamilyANTHOMYIIDAE (anthomyiid flies)
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 Pegoplata infirma (an anthomyiid fly) :
1: Pegoplata infirma (an anthomyiid fly)
16 Apr 2016 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 0’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Male, swept off fading male Grey Sallow catkins
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - lateral view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - abdomen - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - antennae - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - head - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - terminalia - posterior view - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 13: Wing - microscope low magnification - white background

Pegoplata infirma (an anthomyiid fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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The genitalia are similar to P. aestiva, but the latter has a projecting mouthedge.

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