Tephritis hyoscyami (Linnaeus, 1758)
(a gall fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTephritis hyoscyami (a gall 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 hyoscyami (a gall fly) :
1: Tephritis hyoscyami (a gall fly)
18 Jun 2015 OSGR: SU80 50° 50’ N, 0° 50’ W Vice County: West Sussex (VC 13) England
Males, swept off Welted Thistle
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - lateral view - wings up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Wing - magnified - white background
2: Tephritis hyoscyami (a gall fly)
18 Jun 2015 OSGR: SU80 50° 50’ N, 0° 50’ W Vice County: West Sussex (VC 13) England
In cop., swept off Welted Thistle
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver background
3: Tephritis hyoscyami (a gall fly)
9 Aug 1997 OSGR: SU38 51° 30’ N, 1° 30’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on Knapweed (with ray florets)
Image 1: Male - three views
4: Tephritis hyoscyami (a gall fly)
8 Aug 1997 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Moth trap
Image 1: Female - three views
5: Tephritis hyoscyami (a gall fly)
29 Jun 1997 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on Birch
Image 1: Female - lateral viewImage 2: Female - lateral view (2)
6: Tephritis hyoscyami (a gall fly)
18 Jun 1997 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on burdock
Image 1: Female - lateral viewImage 2: Male - dorsal viewImage 3: Male - lateral viewImage 4: Male - lateral view (2)

Tephritis hyoscyami (a gall fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Tephritis hyoscyami (a gall fly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Tephritis hyoscyami (a gall fly)
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