Pherbellia scutellaris (von Roser, 1840)
(a snail-killing fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPherbellia scutellaris (a snail-killing fly)
GenusPherbellia (a genus of snail-killing flies)
FamilySCIOMYZIDAE (snail-killing 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 Pherbellia scutellaris (a snail-killing fly) :
1: Pherbellia scutellaris (a snail-killing fly) IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN
14 Sep 2011 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Female, on flowering Ivy
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 2: Female - head and forelegs - anterior view - magnifiedImage 3: Female - head and thorax - antero-dorsal view - magnifiedImage 4: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 5: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnifiedImage 6: Female - head - anterior view - magnifiedImage 7: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 8: Female - thorax and scutellum - dorsal view - magnified

Pherbellia scutellaris (a snail-killing fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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