Tetanocera punctifrons Rondani, 1868
(a snail-killing fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTetanocera punctifrons (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 punctifrons (a snail-killing fly) :
1: Tetanocera punctifrons (a snail-killing fly)
22 Jun 2018 OSGR: SZ29 50° 50’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, swept off Bog Myrtle
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - fore-parts - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - fore-parts - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - lateral view - wings down - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - lateral view - wings up - highly enlarged - silver background

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

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