Phalacrotophora beuki Disney
((A Ladybird Parasite Scuttle Fly))

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPhalacrotophora beuki ((A Ladybird Parasite Scuttle Fly))
GenusPhalacrotophora (ladybird parasite scuttle flies)
FamilyPHORIDAE (scuttle flies)
SuperfamilyPLATYPEZOIDEA (scuttle flies, flat-footed flies & big-footed flies)
InfraorderEremoneura - Cyclorrhapha (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
Durska, E., Ceryngier, P. & Disney, R.H.L. 2003 Phalacrotophora beuki (Diptera: Phoridae), a parasitoid of ladybird pupae (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) European Journal of Entomology Vol 100: 627-630.

Phalacrotophora beuki (A Ladybird Parasite Scuttle Fly) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Phalacrotophora beuki (A Ladybird Parasite Scuttle Fly)
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