Delia platura (Meigen, 1826)
(Bean Seed Fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesDelia platura (Bean Seed Fly)
GenusDelia (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)
Records of Delia platura (Bean Seed Fly) :
1: Delia platura (Bean Seed Fly)
30 Mar 2016 OSGR: ST90 50° 50’ N, 2° 10’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, on soil
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - abdomen - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - cercal plate and surstyli - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 8: Male - cercal plate and surstyli - oblique view - close-up - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 9: Male - genitalia - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - genitalia - lateral view - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 11: Male - genitalia - lateral view - microscope low magnification - white background (2)Image 12: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - postgonite and pregonite - magnified - white backgroundImage 14: Male - postgonite - magnified - white backgroundImage 15: Male - postgonites, pregonites and aedeagus - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 16: Male - pregonite - magnified - white backgroundImage 17: Male - sternites IV & V - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 18: Male - sternite V - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 19: Male - surstyli - lateral view - close-up - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 20: Wing - microscope low magnification - white background
2: Delia platura (Bean Seed Fly)
30 Mar 2016 OSGR: ST90 50° 50’ N, 2° 10’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
3 males, on warm car body in weak sunshine
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver background

Delia platura (Bean Seed Fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Delia platura (Bean Seed Fly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 7 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Delia platura (Bean Seed Fly)
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