Pipunculus fonsecai Coe, 1966
(a big-headed fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPipunculus fonsecai (a big-headed fly)
GenusPipunculus (a genus of big-headed flies)
SubfamilyPIPUNCULINAE (a subfamily of big-headed flies)
FamilyPIPUNCULIDAE (big-headed flies)
SuperfamilySYRPHOIDEA (hover flies, drone flies, flower flies & big-headed 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 Pipunculus fonsecai (a big-headed fly) :
1: Pipunculus fonsecai (a big-headed fly)
20 Jun 2003 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Female, indoors
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - grey background (2)Image 3: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - grey background

Pipunculus fonsecai (a big-headed fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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