Ravinia pernix (Harris, [1780])
(a flesh fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesRavinia pernix (a flesh fly)
FamilySARCOPHAGIDAE (flesh flies)
SuperfamilyOESTROIDEA (blow-flies, blue-bottles, flesh flies and parasitoid 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 Ravinia pernix (a flesh fly) :
1: Ravinia pernix (a flesh fly)
25 May 2012 OSGR: TQ01 50° 50’ N, 0° 30’ W Vice County: West Sussex (VC 13) England
Male, around entrances to Aculeate burrows
Image 1: Male - abdomen - ventral view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 3: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 4: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - pale background (2)Image 5: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 6: Male - head - antero-dorsal view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 7: Male - head - lateral view, and thorax - dorso-lateral view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 8: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 9: Male - thorax and scutellum - dorsal view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 10: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 11: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 12: Male - genitalia lateral view - flipped - microscope low magnification - pale backgroundImage 13: Male - genitalia lateral view - microscope low magnification - pale backgroundImage 14: Male - genitalia posterior view - microscope low magnification - pale backgroundImage 15: Male - mid-leg - postero-ventral view - microscope low magnification - pale background

Ravinia pernix (a flesh fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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