Macquartia tessellum (Meigen, 1824)
(a parasitoid fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMacquartia tessellum (a parasitoid fly)
GenusMacquartia (a genus of parasitoid flies)
TribeMacquartiini (a tribe of parasitoid flies)
SubfamilyTACHININAE (a subfamily of parasitoid fles)
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 Macquartia tessellum (a parasitoid fly) :
1: Macquartia tessellum (a parasitoid fly)
24 Jun 2010 Lon/Lat: 0 0 Armenia
male
Image 1: Abdomen - dorsal viewImage 2: Pinned specimen - lateral view - highly enlarged

Macquartia tessellum (a parasitoid fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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