Mesembrina meridiana (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Noon Fly, Black Noon Fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMesembrina meridiana (Noon Fly, Black Noon Fly)
FamilyMUSCIDAE (muscid flies: house fly, green bottles)
SuperfamilyMUSCOIDEA (dung and house flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Calyptratae (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 Mesembrina meridiana (Noon Fly, Black Noon Fly) :
1: Mesembrina meridiana (Noon Fly, Black Noon Fly)
30 May 2017 OSIGR: M20 Vice County: Clare (VC H09) Eire
visiting fresh cowpat
Image 1: Visiting cow pat - lateral view
2: Mesembrina meridiana (Noon Fly, Black Noon Fly)
6 Nov 2011 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 0’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Female, on fresh cowpat
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - white backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - white background (2)Image 3: Female - ventral view - white backgroundImage 4: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - enlargedImage 5: Female - head - anterior view - highly enlargedImage 6: Female - head - antero-dorsal view - enlargedImage 7: Female - head - antero-dorsal view - highly enlargedImage 8: Female - head - antero-ventral view - highly enlargedImage 9: Female - head - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 10: Female - head - front three-quarter view - highly enlargedImage 11: Female - head - lateral view - magnifiedImage 12: Female - lateral view - enlarged - white backgroundImage 13: Female - thorax - lateral view - highly enlargedImage 14: Wing - highly enlarged
3: Mesembrina meridiana (Noon Fly, Black Noon Fly)
18 May 2007 OSGR: TF61 52° 40’ N, 0° 30’ E Vice County: West Norfolk (VC 28) England
Female, resting on sandy bank
Image 1: Female - in situ - dorsal view - close-upImage 2: Female - in situ - dorsal view - close-up (2)Image 3: Female - in situ - dorsal view - close-up (3)Image 4: Female - in situ - lateral view - close-upImage 5: Female - in situ - lateral view - close-up (2)Image 6: Female - in situ - latero-dorsal view - close-upImage 7: Female - in situ - postero-dorsal viewImage 8: Female - in situ - postero-dorsal view - close-up
4: Mesembrina meridiana (Noon Fly, Black Noon Fly)
6 Aug 2006 OSGR: SK15 53° 0’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: Staffs (VC 39) England
Male
Image 1: Male - dorso-lateral view - close-up - enlarged - white backgroundImage 2: Male - dorso-lateral view - close-up - enlarged - white background (2)Image 3: Male - in situ - dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 4: Male - latero-dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 5: Male - postero-dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - white backgroundImage 6: Male - rear three-quarter view - close-up - enlarged
5: Mesembrina meridiana (Noon Fly, Black Noon Fly)
30 Sep 2004 OSGR: SX47 50° 30’ N, 4° 10’ W Vice County: South Devon (VC 3) England
Male, sunbathing on lichen (Parmelia) on Cherry trunk
Image 1: Male - in situ - dorsal view - close-upImage 2: Male - in situ - dorsal view - close-up (2)Image 3: Male - in situ - dorsal view - close-up (3)Image 4: Male - in situ - dorsal view - close-up (4)
6: Mesembrina meridiana (Noon Fly, Black Noon Fly)
25 Apr 1998 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
male, basking on ash tree by bridge
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - wings apart - dark backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - wings apart - white backgroundImage 3: Male - dorsal view - wings together - white backgroundImage 4: Male - lateral view - grey backgroundImage 5: Male - ventral view - grey background
7: Mesembrina meridiana (Noon Fly, Black Noon Fly)
20 Sep 1974 OSGR: SE66 54° 0’ N, 1° 0’ W Vice County: North-east Yorks (VC 62) England
Male, on unripe Blackberry
Image 1: Male - anterior view - highly enlargedImage 2: Male - lateral view - enlarged

Mesembrina meridiana (Noon Fly, Black Noon Fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Mesembrina meridiana (Noon Fly, Black Noon Fly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Mesembrina meridiana (Noon Fly, Black Noon Fly)
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