Spanochaeta dorsalis (von Roser, 1840)
(a muscid fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSpanochaeta dorsalis (a muscid fly)
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 Spanochaeta dorsalis (a muscid fly) :
1: Spanochaeta dorsalis (a muscid fly)
29 Jun 2017 OSGR: SZ08 50° 40’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, swept off Bog Myrtle, by lake
Image 1: Male - abdomen - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver background (2)Image 4: Male - fore-parts - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - fore-parts - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - head - latero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - hind-parts - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 13: Wing - magnified - white backgroundImage 14: Male - antennae - anterior view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 15: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Spanochaeta dorsalis (a muscid fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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