Rachispoda lutosa (Stenhammar, 1855)
(a lesser dung fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesRachispoda lutosa (a lesser dung fly)
GenusRachispoda (a genus of lesser dung flies)
SubfamilyLIMOSININAE (a subfamily of lesser dung flies)
FamilySPHAEROCERIDAE (lesser dung flies)
SuperfamilySPHAEROCEROIDEA (a superfamily of acalypterate 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 Rachispoda lutosa (a lesser dung fly) :
1: Rachispoda lutosa (a lesser dung fly)
9 Jun 2012 OSGR: SY68 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
female, on mud at edge of pond
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - magnified - pale backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - close-up - magnified - pale background (2)Image 3: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 4: Female - lateral view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 5: Wing - magnified - pale backgroundImage 6: Female - abdominal sternites VI-VIII - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 7: Female - abdominal sternite VIII processes - magnified - white backgroundImage 8: Female - spermathecae - magnified - white backgroundImage 9: Female - terminalia - ventral view - microscope low magnification - pale background

Rachispoda lutosa (a lesser dung fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Rachispoda lutosa (a lesser dung fly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Rachispoda lutosa (a lesser dung fly)
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