Tetanocera ferruginea Fallen, 1820
(a snail-killing fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTetanocera ferruginea (a snail-killing fly)
GenusTetanocera (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 Tetanocera ferruginea (a snail-killing fly) :
1: Tetanocera ferruginea (a snail-killing fly)
14 Sep 2017 OSGR: SY98 50° 40’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, by general sweeping in flowery fen meadow
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - wings apart - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - ventral view - wings spread - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Wing - highly enlarged
2: Tetanocera ferruginea (a snail-killing fly)
16 Sep 2015 OSGR: SZ19 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Male, by general sweeping
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - fore-parts - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - claspers - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - claspers - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - terminalia - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - terminalia - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background
3: Tetanocera ferruginea (a snail-killing fly)
22 May 2013 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Female, swept off Great Woodrush
Image 1: Antennae - anterior view - close-up - magnified - grey backgroundImage 2: Female - anterior view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 3: Female - dorsal view - wings together - enlarged - grey backgroundImage 4: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 5: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 6: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 7: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 8: Female - lateral view - enlarged - grey background
4: Tetanocera ferruginea (a snail-killing fly)
6 Aug 1998 OSGR: SU68 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Swept off Glyceria maxima
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - wings apartImage 2: Female - dorsal view - wings togetherImage 3: Male - lateral viewImage 4: Male - ventral view
5: Tetanocera ferruginea (a snail-killing fly)
9 Jul 1998 OSGR: SU68 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Male - dorsal viewImage 2: Male - lateral view
6: Tetanocera ferruginea (a snail-killing fly)
25 Apr 1998 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 0’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Swept off Carex, by pond
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - wings apartImage 2: Female - dorsal view - wings apart (2)Image 3: Female - dorsal view - wings togetherImage 4: Female - lateral viewImage 5: Female - lateral view - wings upImage 6: Female - lateral view - wings up (2)Image 7: Female - ventral view
7: Tetanocera ferruginea (a snail-killing fly)
18 Apr 1998 OSGR: SU77 51° 30’ N, 0° 50’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - wings apartImage 2: Female - latero-dorsal viewImage 3: Male - lateral viewImage 4: Male - ventral view
8: Tetanocera ferruginea (a snail-killing fly)
5 Jun 1997 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 0’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on reed
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - wings apartImage 2: Female - lateral view

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

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