Limnia unguicornis (Scopoli, 1763)
(a snail-killing fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLimnia unguicornis (a snail-killing fly)
GenusLimnia (a genus of snail-killing flies)
FamilySCIOMYZIDAE (snail-killing flies)
SuperfamilySCIOMYZOIDEA (snail-killing, lesser dung & kelp 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 Limnia unguicornis (a snail-killing fly) :
1: Limnia unguicornis (a snail-killing fly)
6 Jul 2018 OSGR: SU01 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
female, by general sweeping
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver background
2: Limnia unguicornis (a snail-killing fly)
18 Jul 2015 OSGR: SU01 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
Female, swept off Saw-wort
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - fore-parts - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - fore-parts - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver background
3: Limnia unguicornis (a snail-killing fly)
12 Sep 2013 OSGR: SY99 50° 50’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, swept from cut grass
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver background
4: Limnia unguicornis (a snail-killing fly)
5 Jun 2013 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, swept from non-flowering Greater Knapweed
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 3: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 4: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 5: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 6: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 7: Wing - magnified - white background
5: Limnia unguicornis (a snail-killing fly)
5 May 2007 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Oxon (VC 23) England
Image 1: Lateral view - close-up - enlarged
6: Limnia unguicornis (a snail-killing fly)
6 Jun 1998 OSGR: SU36 51° 20’ N, 1° 30’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Female
Image 1: Female - dorsal viewImage 2: Female - lateral view

Limnia unguicornis (a snail-killing fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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