Rhagoletis alternata (Fallen, 1814)
(Rose Hip Fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesRhagoletis alternata (Rose Hip Fly)
GenusRhagoletis (a genus of gall flies)
FamilyTEPHRITIDAE (gall-flies, greater fruit flies)
SuperfamilyTEPHRITOIDEA (lance and picture-wing 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 Rhagoletis alternata (Rose Hip Fly) :
1: Rhagoletis alternata (Rose Hip Fly)
3 Jul 2008 OSGR: TA08 54° 20’ N, 0° 20’ W Vice County: North-east Yorks (VC 62) England
on Japanese Rose on path up cliff
Image 1: Female - in situ - lateral viewImage 2: Antero-dorsal view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 3: Antero-dorsal view - highly enlarged - white background (2)Image 4: Female - abdomen - lateral view - close-up - magnifiedImage 5: Female - abdomen - latero-ventral view - close-up - magnifiedImage 6: Female - dorsal view - enlargedImage 7: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 8: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - white background (2)Image 9: Female - front three-quarter view - enlargedImage 10: Female - front three-quarter view - enlarged (2)Image 11: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 12: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - white background (2)Image 13: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - white background (3)Image 14: Female - latero-dorsal view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 15: Female - thorax - lateral view - close-up - magnifiedImage 16: Head and thorax - lateral view - close-up - magnifiedImage 17: Head and thorax - latero-ventral view - close-up - magnifiedImage 18: Head - dorsal view - close-up - magnifiedImage 19: Head - dorsal view - close-up - magnified (2)Image 20: Head - dorsal view - close-up - magnified (3)Image 21: Head - dorsal view - close-up - magnified (4)Image 22: Head - latero-dorsal view - close-up - magnifiedImage 23: Wing - magnified - white backgroundImage 24: Wing - magnified - white background (2)

Rhagoletis alternata (Rose Hip Fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Rhagoletis alternata (Rose Hip Fly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 5 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Rhagoletis alternata (Rose Hip Fly)
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