Sylvicola fenestralis (Scopoli, 1763)
(a window gnat)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSylvicola fenestralis (a window gnat)
GenusSylvicola (a genus of window gnats)
FamilyANISOPODIDAE (window gnats)
SuperfamilyANISOPODOIDEA (window gnats)
InfraorderPsychodomorpha (owl midges or moth flies, winter & window gnats, scatopsids)
SuborderNEMATOCERA (thread-horned flies, gnat)
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 Sylvicola fenestralis (a window gnat) :
1: Sylvicola fenestralis (a window gnat)
23 Oct 2011 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Female, indoors, in passage
Image 1: Female - antennae, head and thorax - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 2: Female - antennae, head and thorax - lateral view - magnifiedImage 3: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 4: Female - head, thorax and scutellum - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 5: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 6: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - white background (2)Image 7: Wing - magnified
2: Sylvicola fenestralis (a window gnat)
1 Aug 1997 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
at window, inside
Image 1: Dorsal viewImage 2: Dorsal view - wings openImage 3: Lateral viewImage 4: Lateral view (2)Image 5: Ventral view

Sylvicola fenestralis (a window gnat) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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