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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTephritis vespertina (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 vespertina (a gall fly) :
1: Tephritis vespertina (a gall fly)
19 Sep 2017 OSGR: SZ19 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Male, swept off Heather
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver background
2: Tephritis vespertina (a gall fly)
29 Jun 2017 OSGR: SZ08 50° 40’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, general sweeping on vegetated dunes
Image 1: Wing - magnified - white background
3: Tephritis vespertina (a gall fly)
29 Jun 2017 OSGR: SZ08 50° 40’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Teneral male, swept off Lesser Hawkbit etc on vegetated dunes
Image 1: Wing (teneral) - magnified - white background
4: Tephritis vespertina (a gall fly)
1 Jul 2016 OSGR: SZ19 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
several females swept (with male(s)) from flowering Common St John’s-wort
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - fore-parts - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - lateral view - wings raised - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver background
5: Tephritis vespertina (a gall fly)
1 Jul 2016 OSGR: SZ19 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
male swept (with several females) from flowering Common St John’s-wort
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - fore-parts - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver background (2)Image 9: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - antennae - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver background
6: Tephritis vespertina (a gall fly)
11 Jul 1998 OSGR: SU97 51° 30’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
swept off Hairy Tare
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - wings spreadImage 2: Female - dorsal view - wings togetherImage 3: Female - lateral view
7: Tephritis vespertina (a gall fly)
11 Jul 1998 OSGR: SU97 51° 30’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
swept off Wild Carrot
Image 1: Female - dorsal viewImage 2: Female - dorsal view - wings spreadImage 3: Female - lateral view
8: Tephritis vespertina (a gall fly)
27 Jun 1998 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Swept off grassy Hypochoeris
Image 1: Male - dorsal viewsImage 2: Male - lateral views
9: Tephritis vespertina (a gall fly)
27 Jun 1998 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Female, swept off grassy Hypochoeris
Image 1: Female - dorsal viewsImage 2: Female - lateral views

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

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BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 5 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Tephritis vespertina (a gall fly)
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