Anthomyia Meigen, 1803
(a genus of anthomyiid flies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Anthomyia plurinotata
a rain fly
Species 1 ident. refs
Anthomyia pluvialis
Rain Fly
(Click to open)Female (Click to open)
 		Species 36 images
Anthomyia procellaris
a rain fly
Male (Click to open)
 		Species 11 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusAnthomyia (a genus of anthomyiid flies)
FamilyANTHOMYIIDAE (anthomyiid flies)
SuperfamilyMUSCOIDEA (dung and house flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Calyptratae (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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Michelsen, V. 1980 The Anthomyia pluvialis complex in Europe (Diptera, Anthomyiidae) Systematic Entomology Vol 5: 281-290.

Anthomyia (a genus of anthomyiid flies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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