OTITINAE
(a subfamily of pictured-wing flies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Ceroxys urticae
a pictured-wing fly
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 		Species 10 images
Herina
a genus of pictured-wing flies
Female (Click to open)
 		Genus 4 subtaxa 113 images 3 ident. refs
Melieria
a genus of pictured-wing flies
Female (Click to open)
 		Genus 1 subtaxa 23 images 1 ident. refs
Seioptera vibrans
a pictured-wing fly
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 		Species 11 images
Ulidia erythrophthalma
a pictured-wing fly
Species 1 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SubfamilyOTITINAE (a subfamily of pictured-wing flies)
FamilyULIDIIDAE (a family of pictured-wing 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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Clements, D.K. 1990 Provisional keys to the Otitidae and Platystomatidae of the British Isles Dipterists Digest Dipterists Digest (2nd Series) Vol 6: 32-41.

OTITINAE (a subfamily of pictured-wing flies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for OTITINAE (a subfamily of pictured-wing flies)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for OTITINAE (a subfamily of pictured-wing flies)
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