Panzeria rudis (Fallen, 1810)
(a parasitoid fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPanzeria rudis (a parasitoid fly)
GenusPanzeria (a genus of parasitoid flies)
TribeErnestiini (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 Panzeria rudis (a parasitoid fly) :
1: Panzeria rudis (a parasitoid fly)
30 Jun 2015 OSGR: SU01 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
Female, visiting Hogweed
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - fore-parts - antero-dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - fore-parts - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head - anterior view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head - antero-dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - ventral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 12: Wing - highly enlarged - white background

Panzeria rudis (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 Panzeria rudis (a parasitoid fly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 5 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Panzeria rudis (a parasitoid fly)

A common parasite fly whose larve are internal parasites of the caterpillars of a variety of moths including Orthosia spp. (the quakers and drabs), especially the Clouded Drab.

The eggs are laid on the leaf and the newly-hatched larva remains attached to the egg-shell until a suitable host passes by.

References:
Author & YearTitleSource
Belshaw, R., 1993Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 10, Part 4a(i), 169pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
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