Trypetoptera punctulata (Scopoli, 1763)
(a snail-killing fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTrypetoptera punctulata (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 Trypetoptera punctulata (a snail-killing fly) :
1: Trypetoptera punctulata (a snail-killing fly)
7 Sep 2018 OSGR: SZ19 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Female, swept from Ling
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - wings raised - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - fore-parts - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Wing - magnified - white background
2: Trypetoptera punctulata (a snail-killing fly)
27 Jun 1998 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Swept off Kidney Vetch
Image 1: Adult - dorsal view - wings spreadImage 2: Adult - lateral view
3: Trypetoptera punctulata (a snail-killing fly)
21 Jun 1998 OSGR: SU68 51° 30’ N, 0° 60’ W Vice County: Oxon (VC 23) England
Swept off Tufted Hair-grass, under trees
Image 1: Adult - dorsal viewImage 2: Adult - dorsal view - wings spreadImage 3: Adult - dorsal view - wings togetherImage 4: Adult - lateral view
4: Trypetoptera punctulata (a snail-killing fly)
14 Jun 1997 OSGR: SP61 51° 50’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on bramble
Image 1: Male - dorsal viewImage 2: Male - lateral viewImage 3: Male - ventral view

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

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