Thereva plebeja (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Crochet-hooked Stiletto)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Thereva plebeja (Crochet-hooked Stiletto)
Genus	Thereva (a genus of stiletto flies)
Family	THEREVIDAE (stiletto flies)
Superfamily	ASILOIDEA (robber & assassin flies, bee flies, stiletto flies & window flies)
Infraorder	Asilomorpha (robber, bee, stiletto, window, dagger, long-legged & spider-parasite flies)
Suborder	BRACHYCERA (short-horned flies)
Order	DIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Thereva plebeja is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Records of Thereva plebeja (Crochet-hooked Stiletto) :
1: Thereva plebeja (Crochet-hooked Stiletto)
13 Jul 1998	OSGR: SU67	51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W	Vice County: Berks (VC 22)	England
on Ground Ivy leaf

Thereva plebeja (Crochet-hooked Stiletto) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Thereva
(a genus of stiletto flies)

THEREVIDAE
(stiletto flies)

ASILOIDEA
(robber & assassin flies, bee flies, stiletto flies & window flies)

Asilomorpha
(robber, bee, stiletto, window, dagger, long-legged & spider-parasite flies)

BRACHYCERA
(short-horned flies)

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Thereva plebeja (Crochet-hooked Stiletto)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Thereva plebeja (Crochet-hooked Stiletto)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

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