Suillia variegata (Loew, 1862)
(a heleomyzid fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSuillia variegata (a heleomyzid fly)
GenusSuillia (a genus of heleomyzid flies)
FamilyHELEOMYZIDAE (a family of flies)
SuperfamilySPHAEROCEROIDEA (a superfamily of acalypterate flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Acalyptratae (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 Suillia variegata (a heleomyzid fly) :
1: Suillia variegata (a heleomyzid fly)
1 Sep 2018 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, at fluorescent light sheet, after dark
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - wings apart - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver background
2: Suillia variegata (a heleomyzid fly)
3 May 2015 OSGR: SY68 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Several males, on leaves of Ramsons
Image 1: Male - postero-lateral view - enlargedImage 2: Male - wings together - dorsal view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 3: Wing - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 4: Wing - highly enlarged - white background (2)
3: Suillia variegata (a heleomyzid fly)
2 Sep 2014 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
perched on Parasitic Bolete
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - fore-parts - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver background
4: Suillia variegata (a heleomyzid fly)
21 Jun 2013 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Female, on window at 8pm.
Image 1: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - pale background
5: Suillia variegata (a heleomyzid fly)
18 Jul 2011 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Female, on window at 9am
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 2: Female - dorso-lateral view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 3: Female - front three-quarter view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 4: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - white backgroundImage 5: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnifiedImage 6: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 7: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - white backgroundImage 8: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 9: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - white background (2)Image 10: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - white background (3)
6: Suillia variegata (a heleomyzid fly)
12 May 1997 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
at kitchen window around 7pm BST.
Image 1: Female - dorso-lateral viewImage 2: Female - lateral view

Suillia variegata (a heleomyzid fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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