Loxocera aristata (Panzer, 1801)
(a psilid fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLoxocera aristata (a psilid fly)
GenusLoxocera (a genus of psilid flies)
FamilyPSILIDAE (rust flies)
SuperfamilyDIOPSOIDEA (psilid, megamerinid, Tanypezid & strongylophthalmid 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 Loxocera aristata (a psilid fly) :
1: Loxocera aristata (a psilid fly)
4 Jun 2015 OSGR: SZ09 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, by sweeping
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Wing - highly enlarged - white background

Loxocera aristata (a psilid fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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