Pherbina coryleti (Scopoli, 1763)
(a snail-killing fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPherbina coryleti (a snail-killing fly)
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 Pherbina coryleti (a snail-killing fly) :
1: Pherbina coryleti (a snail-killing fly)
7 Sep 2018 OSGR: SZ19 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Male, swept off young rush regrowth following mowing
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver background
2: Pherbina coryleti (a snail-killing fly)
20 Jul 2014 OSGR: SZ09 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, swept from water-side sedge
Image 1: Male - abdomen - ventral view - genitalia closed - magnified - white backgroundImage 2: Male - antennae - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Wing - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 11: Male - abdomen - lateral view - genitalia opened - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 12: Male - abdomen - ventral view - genitalia opened - microscope low magnification - white background

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

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