Pherbellia schoenherri (Fallén, 1826)
(a snail-killing fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPherbellia schoenherri (a snail-killing fly)
GenusPherbellia (a genus of snail-killing flies)
FamilySCIOMYZIDAE (snail-killing flies)
SuperfamilySCIOMYZOIDEA (snail-killing, lesser dung & kelp 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 Pherbellia schoenherri (a snail-killing fly) :
1: Pherbellia schoenherri (a snail-killing fly)
19 Apr 2018 OSGR: SY98 50° 40’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
2 males and 1 female swept from fen
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - wings together - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - fore-parts - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - lateral view - wings up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - genitalia - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background
2: Pherbellia schoenherri (a snail-killing fly)
12 Jul 2017 OSGR: SZ19 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
female, by general sweeping
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - wings apart - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - wings together - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - fore-parts - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Wing - magnified - white backgroundImage 11: Female - antennae - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
McDonell, R.J., Gormally, R.J. & Knutson, L.V. 2004 Galba truncatula (Müller), the liver fluke snail: confirmed as alternate host of Pherbellia schoenherri schoenherri (Fallén) (Diptera, Sciomyzidae) in the wild Dipterists Digest (2nd Series) 10: 69-71.

Pherbellia schoenherri (a snail-killing fly) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Pherbellia schoenherri (a snail-killing fly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Pherbellia schoenherri (a snail-killing fly)
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