Oxyna parietina (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Clouded Wormwood Fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesOxyna parietina (Clouded Wormwood Fly)
GenusOxyna (a genus of gall flies)
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 Oxyna parietina (Clouded Wormwood Fly) :
1: Oxyna parietina (Clouded Wormwood Fly)
24 May 2015 OSGR: SU02 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
Males and females, swept off Mugwort
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Wing - magnified - white backgroundImage 7: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Oxyna parietina (Clouded Wormwood Fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Oxyna parietina (Clouded Wormwood Fly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Oxyna parietina (Clouded Wormwood Fly)
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