Pyrellia rapax (Harris, [1780])
(a green bottle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPyrellia rapax (a green bottle)
FamilyMUSCIDAE (muscid flies: house fly, green bottles)
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 Pyrellia rapax (a green bottle) :
1: Pyrellia rapax (a green bottle)
25 Jul 2011 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, visiting wild carrot
Image 1: Male - abdomen and genitalia - lateral view - magnifiedImage 2: Male - abdomen and genitalia - ventral view - magnifiedImage 3: Male - antero-dorsal view - highly enlargedImage 4: Male - dorsum - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 5: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnifiedImage 6: Male - head - anterior view - magnifiedImage 7: Male - head - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 8: Male - head - lateral view - magnifiedImage 9: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 10: Male - pleurae - lateral view - magnifiedImage 11: Male - postero-dorsal view - highly enlargedImage 12: Wing - magnified
2: Pyrellia rapax (a green bottle)
25 Jul 2011 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, visiting wild carrot
Image 1: Male - abdomen - ventral view - magnifiedImage 2: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 3: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnifiedImage 4: Male - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged
3: Pyrellia rapax (a green bottle)
25 Jul 2011 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, visiting wild carrot
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 2: Female - face - anterior view - magnifiedImage 3: Female - face - anterior view - magnified (2)Image 4: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 5: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - white background

Pyrellia rapax (a green bottle) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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