Terellia longicauda (Meigen, 1838)
(Woolly Thistle Fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTerellia longicauda (Woolly Thistle Fly)
GenusTerellia (a genus of gall flies)
FamilyTEPHRITIDAE (gall-flies, greater fruit flies)
SuperfamilyTEPHRITOIDEA (lance and picture-wing 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 Terellia longicauda (Woolly Thistle Fly) :
1: Terellia longicauda (Woolly Thistle Fly)
28 Jul 2019 OSGR: SU01 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
In cop, on Woolly Thistle upper stem
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - fore-parts - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - fore-parts - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - fore-parts - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - head - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 15: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 16: Wing - magnified - white backgroundImage 17: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Terellia longicauda (Woolly Thistle Fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Terellia longicauda (Woolly Thistle Fly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Terellia longicauda (Woolly Thistle Fly)
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