Polietes lardarius (Fabricius, 1781)
(a muscid fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPolietes lardarius (a muscid fly)
GenusPolietes (a genus of muscid flies)
FamilyMUSCIDAE (muscid flies: house fly, green bottles)
SuperfamilyMUSCOIDEA (dung and house 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 Polietes lardarius (a muscid fly) :
1: Polietes lardarius (a muscid fly)
30 May 2017 OSIGR: M20 Vice County: Clare (VC H09) Eire
Male(s) and female(s), visiting fresh cow pat
Image 1: Female - on cow-pat - dorsal viewImage 2: Female - on cow-pat - front three-quarter viewImage 3: Female - on cow-pat - front three-quarter view (2)Image 4: Male - on cow-pat - front three-quarter viewImage 5: Male - on cow-pat - front three-quarter view (2)
2: Polietes lardarius (a muscid fly)
6 Nov 2011 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 0’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Female, on fresh cowpat
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - white backgroundImage 2: Female - head and thorax - ventral view - magnifiedImage 3: Female - head - anterior view - magnifiedImage 4: Female - head - antro-dorsal view - magnifiedImage 5: Female - head - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 6: Female - head - lateral view - magnifiedImage 7: Female - head - ventral view - magnifiedImage 8: Female - lateral view - enlarged - white backgroundImage 9: Female - prosternum - ventral view - magnifiedImage 10: Female - thorax and scutellum - dorsal view - highly enlargedImage 11: Female - thorax - lateral view - magnifiedImage 12: Female - ventral view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 13: Female - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged (2)
3: Polietes lardarius (a muscid fly)
4 Oct 2011 OSGR: SO46 52° 20’ N, 2° 50’ W Vice County: Hereford (VC 36) England
Male, swept from vegetation around small woodland stream
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - white backgroundImage 2: Male - genitalia - everted - lateral view - close-up - magnifiedImage 3: Male - genitalia - everted - lateral view - magnifiedImage 4: Male - genitalia - everted - posterior view - magnifiedImage 5: Male - genitalia - everted - ventral view - magnifiedImage 6: Male - head - anterior view - magnifiedImage 7: Male - head - antero-dorsal view - magnifiedImage 8: Male - head - antero-ventral view - magnifiedImage 9: Male - head - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 10: Male - head - lateral view - magnifiedImage 11: Male - head - ventral view - magnifiedImage 12: Male - head - ventral view - magnified (2)Image 13: Male - lateral view - enlarged - white backgroundImage 14: Male - thorax and scutellum - dorsal view - highly enlargedImage 15: Male - thorax - lateral view - magnifiedImage 16: Male - thorax - latero-dorsal view - magnifiedImage 17: Male - ventral view - enlarged - white backgroundImage 18: Wing - highly enlarged

Polietes lardarius (a muscid fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Polietes lardarius (a muscid fly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Polietes lardarius (a muscid fly)
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