Physocephala rufipes (Fabricius, 1781)
(a thick-headed fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPhysocephala rufipes (a thick-headed fly)
FamilyCONOPIDAE (thick-headed flies, or beegrabbers and waspgrabbers)
SuperfamilyCONOPOIDEA (thick-headed 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 Physocephala rufipes (a thick-headed fly) :
1: Physocephala rufipes (a thick-headed fly)
6 Jul 2018 OSGR: SU01 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
Female, visiting Small Scabious
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - wings apart - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver background
2: Physocephala rufipes (a thick-headed fly)
16 Aug 2013 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Male, visiting Hemp Agrimony
Image 1: Male - anterior view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - wings apart - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - dorsal view - wings together - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head - anterior view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - ventral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Wing - highly enlarged - white background

Physocephala rufipes (a thick-headed fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Physocephala rufipes (a thick-headed fly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 12 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Physocephala rufipes (a thick-headed fly)
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