Phalacrotophora fasciata (Fallén, 1823)
(a scuttle fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPhalacrotophora fasciata (a 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)
Records of Phalacrotophora fasciata (a scuttle fly) :
1: Phalacrotophora fasciata (a scuttle fly)
13 Aug 2019 OSGR: SU54 51° 10’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: North Hants (VC 12) England
pupa, larva emerged from pupa of Kidney-spot Ladybird, female emerged 25 April 2020
Image 1: Female - ovipositor exerted - anterior view - wings spread - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - ovipositor exerted - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - ovipositor exerted - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - ovipositor exerted - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - wing - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Pupa - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Pupa - latero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Pupa - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - ovipositor tip - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver background

Phalacrotophora fasciata (a scuttle fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Phalacrotophora fasciata (a scuttle fly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 18 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Phalacrotophora fasciata (a scuttle fly)
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