PALLOPTERIDAE
(flutter flies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
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ID refs
Palloptera
a genus of flutter flies
Female (Click to open)
 		Genus 8 subtaxa 41 images 6 ident. refs
Toxonevra
a genus of flutter flies
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 18 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyPALLOPTERIDAE (flutter 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
Ozerov, A.L. 2009 A review of the family Pallopteridae (Diptera) of the fauna of Russia Russian Entomol. J. Vol 18 (2): 129-146.
() Storey, M.W. 2018 A Pictorial Guide to the Picture Wing Flies of Britain and Ireland
Stubbs, A.E. 1994 Draft key to British Pallopteridae

Newsletters

Picture-winged flies Recording Scheme Picture-winged Flies Recording Scheme Newsletter Published for/by:Picture-winged flies Recording Scheme, Dipterists Forum

PALLOPTERIDAE (flutter flies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for PALLOPTERIDAE (flutter flies)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for PALLOPTERIDAE (flutter flies)
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