Chaetostomella cylindrica (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)
(a gall fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesChaetostomella cylindrica (a gall fly)
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 Chaetostomella cylindrica (a gall fly) :
1: Chaetostomella cylindrica (a gall fly)
19 Aug 2017 OSGR: SY98 50° 40’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
two males, swept off flowering Sawwort
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - fore-parts - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - fore-parts - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - lateral view - wings together - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - lateral view - wings up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 11: Wing - magnified - white backgroundImage 12: Male - antennae and genal setae - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 14: Male - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background
2: Chaetostomella cylindrica (a gall fly)
26 May 2012 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Oxon (VC 23) England
Male, swept off vegetative Dogwood regrowth
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 2: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 3: Wing - magnified - white backgroundImage 4: Male - head - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 5: Male - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - white background
3: Chaetostomella cylindrica (a gall fly)
13 Aug 2009 OSGR: SX37 50° 30’ N, 4° 20’ W Vice County: East Cornwall (VC 2) England
Male, visiting Cornish Bladderseed
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged

Chaetostomella cylindrica (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 Chaetostomella cylindrica (a gall fly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 22 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Chaetostomella cylindrica (a gall fly)
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