Chorisops tibialis (Meigen, 1820)
(Dull Four-spined Legionnaire)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesChorisops tibialis (Dull Four-spined Legionnaire)
FamilySTRATIOMYIDAE (soldierflies)
SuperfamilySTRATIOMYOIDEA (soldier flies)
InfraorderStratiomyomorpha (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 Chorisops tibialis (Dull Four-spined Legionnaire) :
1: Chorisops tibialis (Dull Four-spined Legionnaire)
8 Jul 2016 OSGR: SY98 50° 40’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, swept from oak
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - wings apart - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - fore-parts - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver background
2: Chorisops tibialis (Dull Four-spined Legionnaire)
22 Jul 2012 OSGR: SU46 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Males, swarming at head height under limes
Image 1: Male - abdomen - dorsal view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 3: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 4: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 5: Male - head - anterior view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 6: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 7: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 8: Male - wing - magnified - white background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Speight, M.C.D. 1981 Chorisops nagatomii, an insect new to Ireland and its segregation from C. tibialis (Diptera: Stratiomyiidae). Irish Nat. J. Vol 20 (8): 327-329.

Chorisops tibialis (Dull Four-spined Legionnaire) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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