Telmatoscopus valachicus Vaillant, 1963
(a moth fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTelmatoscopus valachicus (a moth fly)
GenusTelmatoscopus (a genus of moth flies)
FamilyPSYCHODIDAE (owl midges, moth flies)
SuperfamilyPSYCHODOIDEA (owl midges, moth flies)
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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
() Withers, P. 2006 Telmatoscopus (Jungiella) valachicus Vaillant, 1963 (Diptera, Psychodidae) new to Britain Dipterists Digest (2nd Series) 13: 65-66.

Telmatoscopus valachicus (a moth fly) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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