Tephritis matricariae (Loew, 1844)
(a gall fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTephritis matricariae (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 matricariae (a gall fly) :
1: Tephritis matricariae (a gall fly)
30 Apr 2019 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
2 males, by general sweeping
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - fore-parts - latero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head and thorax - latero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head - latero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver background
2: Tephritis matricariae (a gall fly)
4 Jul 2017 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
4 females, swept off Lesser Knapweed
Image 1: Female - abdomen - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - wings apart - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - dorsal view - wings together - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - fore-parts - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - fore-parts - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver background (2)Image 12: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 13: Wing - magnified - white backgroundImage 14: Aculeus - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 15: Aculeus tip - magnified - white backgroundImage 16: Aculeus tip - magnified - white background (2)Image 17: Female - antennae - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
() Clemons, L. 2000 Tephritis matricariae (Loew, 1844) (Dip.: Tephritidae) new to Britain and breeding in East Kent Entomologist’s Record and journal of variation Vol 112: 225-230.
Harding, B. Tephritis conura and matricariae www.dipteristsforum.org.uk/t2338-Tephritis-conura-matricariae.html

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

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Tephritis matricariae (a gall fly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Tephritis matricariae (a gall fly)
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