Terellia ruficauda (Fabricius, 1794)
(Red-tailed Thistle Fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTerellia ruficauda (Red-tailed Thistle Fly)
GenusTerellia (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 Terellia ruficauda (Red-tailed Thistle Fly) :
1: Terellia ruficauda (Red-tailed Thistle Fly)
12 Jul 2013 OSGR: SU46 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
female, swept off Creeping Thistle
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 2: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 3: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 4: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - pale background
2: Terellia ruficauda (Red-tailed Thistle Fly)
3 Jun 2011 OSGR: SY78 50° 40’ N, 2° 20’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, by general sweeping among marsh-side vegetation
Image 1: Male - abdomen - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 2: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 3: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 4: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnifiedImage 5: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - white backgroundImage 6: Male - head - anterior view - magnifiedImage 7: Male - head - anterior view - magnified - white backgroundImage 8: Male - head - dorsal view - magnified - white backgroundImage 9: Male - head - dorsal view - magnified - white background (2)Image 10: Male - head - ventral view - magnified - white backgroundImage 11: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 12: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - white background (2)Image 13: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 14: Wing - magnified

Terellia ruficauda (Red-tailed Thistle Fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Terellia ruficauda (Red-tailed Thistle Fly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 6 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Terellia ruficauda (Red-tailed Thistle Fly)
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