Tricholauxania praeusta (Fallén, 1820)
(a lauxaniid fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTricholauxania praeusta (a lauxaniid fly)
FamilyLAUXANIIDAE (lauxaniid flies)
SuperfamilyLAUXANIOIDEA (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 Tricholauxania praeusta (a lauxaniid fly) :
1: Tricholauxania praeusta (a lauxaniid fly)
10 Aug 2011 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Male, visiting Hemp Buddleia
Image 1: Male - abdomen - ventral view - magnifiedImage 2: Male - face - anterior view - magnifiedImage 3: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 4: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified (2)Image 5: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnifiedImage 6: Male - head and thorax - ventral view - magnifiedImage 7: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 8: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - white background (2)Image 9: Male - terminalia - close-up - magnifiedImage 10: Wing - magnified
2: Tricholauxania praeusta (a lauxaniid fly)
8 Aug 2011 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Female, on window
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - black backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 3: Female - head and front legs - anterior view - magnifiedImage 4: Female - head and front legs - antero-lateral view - magnifiedImage 5: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 6: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnifiedImage 7: Female - head - anterior view - magnifiedImage 8: Female - head, thorax and legs - ventral view - magnifiedImage 9: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - black backgroundImage 10: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 11: Leg (middle right) - ventral view - magnifiedImage 12: Wing - ventral view - magnified

Tricholauxania praeusta (a lauxaniid fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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