Pollenia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
(clusterflies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Pollenia amentaria
Black-bellied Clusterfly
Female (Click to open)
 		Species 23 images
Pollenia angustigena
Narrow-cheeked Clusterfly
(Click to open)
 		Species 4 images
Pollenia labialis
Dark-based Clusterfly
Male (Click to open)
 		Species 23 images
Pollenia rudis
Awkward Clusterfly
Female (Click to open)
 		Species 36 images
Pollenia (unidentified)
Unidentified Cluster Flies
(Click to open)
 		Unidentified 23 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusPollenia (clusterflies)
FamilyPOLLENIIDAE (a family of 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)

Pollenia (clusterflies) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Pollenia (clusterflies)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 5 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Pollenia (clusterflies)
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