Carcelia laxifrons Villeneuve, 1912
(a parasitoid fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCarcelia laxifrons (a parasitoid fly)
GenusCarcelia (a genus of parasitoid flies)
TribeEryciini (a tribe of parasitoid flies)
SubfamilyEXORISTINAE (a subfamily of parasitoid flies)
FamilyTACHINIDAE (parasitoid flies)
SuperfamilyOESTROIDEA (blow-flies, blue-bottles, flesh flies and parasitoid 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)
Records of Carcelia laxifrons (a parasitoid fly) :
1: Carcelia laxifrons (a parasitoid fly)
24 Apr 2011 OSGR: TQ91 50° 60’ N, 0° 50’ E Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14) England
male, in overgrown garden by shingle & saltmarsh
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 2: Male - genitalia - lateral view - magnifiedImage 3: Male - genitalia - lateral view - magnified (2)Image 4: Male - genitalia - posterior (dorsal) view - magnifiedImage 5: Male - ventro-lateral view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 6: Male - genitalia - dorsal view - close-up - microscope low magnification

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
() Raper, C.M., Smith, M.N. & Gibbs, G.J. 2006 Carcelia laxifrons Villeneuve (Diptera, Tachinidae) new to Britain and a revised key to the British Carcelia species. Dipterists Digest (2nd Series) 13: 49-55.

Carcelia laxifrons (a parasitoid fly) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Carcelia laxifrons (a parasitoid fly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Carcelia laxifrons (a parasitoid fly)
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