Campiglossa plantaginis (Haliday, 1833)
(a gall fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCampiglossa plantaginis (a gall fly)
GenusCampiglossa (a genus of gall flies)
FamilyTEPHRITIDAE (gall-flies, greater fruit flies)
SuperfamilyTEPHRITOIDEA (lance and picture-wing 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 Campiglossa plantaginis (a gall fly) :
1: Campiglossa plantaginis (a gall fly)
6 Aug 2013 OSGR: SY68 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, swept off flowering Sea Aster
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 2: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 3: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 4: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 5: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - pale background (2)
2: Campiglossa plantaginis (a gall fly)
17 Jul 2013 OSGR: SY68 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, swept off Sea Clubrush (Bolboschoenus maritimus)
Image 1: Female - anterior view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 3: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 4: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 5: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 6: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 7: Wing - magnified - white backgroundImage 8: Wing - magnified - white background (2)

Campiglossa plantaginis (a gall fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Campiglossa plantaginis (a gall fly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Campiglossa plantaginis (a gall fly)
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