Tetanocera phyllophora Melander, 1920
(a snail-killing fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTetanocera phyllophora (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 phyllophora (a snail-killing fly) :
1: Tetanocera phyllophora (a snail-killing fly)
20 May 2018 OSGR: SU30 50° 50’ N, 1° 30’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Female, swept from Bracken
Image 1: Female - antennae - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - wings apart - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - dorsal view - wings apart - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - dorsal view - wings together - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 13: Wing - magnified - white background

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

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