Tephritis bardanae (Schrank, 1803)
(Burdock Fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTephritis bardanae (Burdock Fly)
GenusTephritis (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 Tephritis bardanae (Burdock Fly) :
1: Tephritis bardanae (Burdock Fly)
30 Jun 2015 OSGR: SU01 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
Male, swept off Lesser Burdock
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver background
2: Tephritis bardanae (Burdock Fly)
18 Jun 2011 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, on buds of Lesser Burdock
Image 1: Female - anterior view - magnifiedImage 2: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 3: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 4: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnifiedImage 5: Female - head - anterior view - magnifiedImage 6: Female - lateral view - wings up - magnified - grey backgroundImage 7: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 8: Wing - magnified
3: Tephritis bardanae (Burdock Fly)
18 Jun 2011 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, on buds of Lesser Burdock
Image 1: Fly with strange structure on sternite - magnifiedImage 2: Strange structure (indicated) - magnifiedImage 3: Strange structure - magnifiedImage 4: Strange structure - microscope low magnificationImage 5: Strange structure - microscope low magnification (2)
4: Tephritis bardanae (Burdock Fly)
18 Jun 2011 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, on buds of Lesser Burdock
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - wings up - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 2: Male - head and front legs - anterior view - magnifiedImage 3: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnifiedImage 4: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified (2)Image 5: Male - head and thorax - latero-dorsal view - magnifiedImage 6: Male - head - anterior view - magnifiedImage 7: Male - head - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 8: Male - lateral view - wings up - highly enlarged - white background
5: Tephritis bardanae (Burdock Fly)
18 Jun 1997 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on burdock
Image 1: Male - lateral viewImage 2: Male - lateral view (2)

Tephritis bardanae (Burdock Fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Tephritis bardanae (Burdock Fly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 10 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Tephritis bardanae (Burdock Fly)
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