Sicus ferrugineus (Linnaeus, 1761)
(a thick-headed fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSicus ferrugineus (a thick-headed fly)
GenusSicus (a genus of beegrabbers)
FamilyCONOPIDAE (thick-headed flies, or beegrabbers and waspgrabbers)
SuperfamilyCONOPOIDEA (thick-headed 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 Sicus ferrugineus (a thick-headed fly) :
1: Sicus ferrugineus (a thick-headed fly)
20 Jul 2014 OSGR: SZ09 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, visiting Creeping Thistle
Image 1: Female - abdomen - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - abdomen - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Wing - magnified - white background
2: Sicus ferrugineus (a thick-headed fly)
22 Jul 2012 OSGR: SU46 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Male
Image 1: Male - abdomen - dorsal view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 2: Male - abdomen - lateral view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 3: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 4: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - pale background (2)Image 5: Male - head - anterior view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 6: Male - head - antero-dorsal view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 7: Male - head - dorsal view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 8: Male - head - lateral view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 9: Male - head - latero-dorsal view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 10: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 11: Male - thorax - dorsal view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 12: Wing - highly enlarged - white background
3: Sicus ferrugineus (a thick-headed fly)
6 Aug 2005 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Female, visiting Ragwort
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - on Ragwort - close-up - enlargedImage 2: Female - dorsal view - on Ragwort - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 3: Female - dorso-lateral view - close-up - enlarged - grey backgroundImage 4: Female - front three-quarter view - on Ragwort - enlargedImage 5: Female - lateral view - on Ragwort - close-up - enlargedImage 6: Female - lateral view - on Ragwort - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 7: Female - lateral view - on Ragwort - close-up - enlarged (3)Image 8: Female - latero-dorsal view - on Ragwort - close-up - enlargedImage 9: Female - latero-dorsal view - on Ragwort - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 10: Female - latero-dorsal view - on Ragwort - enlargedImage 11: Female - latero-dorsal view - on Ragwort - enlarged (2)Image 12: Female - ventral view - close-up - enlarged - grey background
4: Sicus ferrugineus (a thick-headed fly)
7 Jul 2004 OSGR: SU65 51° 20’ N, 1° 0’ W Vice County: North Hants (VC 12) England
Image 1: Dorso-lateral viewImage 2: Latero-dorsal viewImage 3: Rear three-quarter view
5: Sicus ferrugineus (a thick-headed fly)
11 Jul 1998 OSGR: SU97 51° 30’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Dorsal view - wings apart - pale backgroundImage 2: Dorsal view - wings together - pale backgroundImage 3: Dorsal view - wings together - pale background (2)Image 4: Lateral view - pale backgroundImage 5: Lateral view - pale background (2)Image 6: Ventral view - pale background
6: Sicus ferrugineus (a thick-headed fly)
3 Jul 1998 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Dorsal view - wings apart - pale backgroundImage 2: Dorsal view - wings together - pale backgroundImage 3: Dorso-lateral view - pale backgroundImage 4: Lateral view - pale backgroundImage 5: Latero-ventral view - pale background
7: Sicus ferrugineus (a thick-headed fly)
19 Jul 1997 OSGR: SU66 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: North Hants (VC 12) England
Image 1: Dorsal view - wings apart - pale backgroundImage 2: Lateral view - pale backgroundImage 3: Lateral view - pale background (2)

Sicus ferrugineus (a thick-headed fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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