Stomorhina lunata (Fabricius, 1805)
(Locust Blowfly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesStomorhina lunata (Locust Blowfly)
FamilyCALLIPHORIDAE (blowflies, bluebottles, green bottles and woodlouse-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 Stomorhina lunata (Locust Blowfly) :
1: Stomorhina lunata (Locust Blowfly)
16 Aug 2014 OSGR: ST91 50° 50’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
female, visiting Wild Parsnip, in sheltered corner.
Image 1: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head - antero-lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver background (2)Image 9: Wing - magnified - white background

Stomorhina lunata (Locust Blowfly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Stomorhina lunata (Locust Blowfly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Stomorhina lunata (Locust Blowfly)
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