Rhinophora lepida (Meigen, 1824)
(Pouting Woodlouse-fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesRhinophora lepida (Pouting Woodlouse-fly)
FamilyCALLIPHORIDAE (blowflies, bluebottles, green bottles and woodlouse-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)
Records of Rhinophora lepida (Pouting Woodlouse-fly) :
1: Rhinophora lepida (Pouting Woodlouse-fly)
29 Jun 2006 OSGR: TQ31 50° 50’ N, 0° 0’ W Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14) England
Visiting Scentless Mayweed
Image 1: Dorsal view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 2: Dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged (2)Image 3: Dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged (3)Image 4: Latero-dorsal view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 5: Latero-dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged (2)Image 6: Posterior view - close-up - highly enlarged
2: Rhinophora lepida (Pouting Woodlouse-fly)
12 Jul 2004 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Visiting Ox-eye Daisy in meadow in garden
Image 1: Scutellum and subscutellum - magnifiedImage 2: Scutellum and subscutellum - magnified (2)Image 3: Wing - magnifiedImage 4: Dorsal view - landscape - magnified - pale backgroundImage 5: Dorsal view - portrait - magnified - pale backgroundImage 6: Lateral view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 7: Ventral view - magnified - pale background

Rhinophora lepida (Pouting Woodlouse-fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Rhinophora lepida (Pouting Woodlouse-fly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Rhinophora lepida (Pouting Woodlouse-fly)
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