Terellia serratulae (Linnaeus, 1758)
(a gall fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTerellia serratulae (a gall 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 serratulae (a gall fly) :
1: Terellia serratulae (a gall fly)
22 Jul 2017 OSGR: SU10 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Female, swept off Spear Thistle
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - fore-parts - dorsal 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 - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver background
2: Terellia serratulae (a gall fly)
18 Jun 2011 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
on phyllaries of Spear Thistle capitulum
Image 1: Male - abdomen - ventral view - magnifiedImage 2: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 3: Male - face - anterior view - magnifiedImage 4: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 5: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified (2)Image 6: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - black backgroundImage 7: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 8: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 9: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - grey background (2)Image 10: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 11: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 12: Wing (left) - dorsal view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 13: Male genitalia - apex of outer surstylus - lateral view - magnified - white backgroundImage 14: Male genitalia - apex of outer surstylus showing setulae - lateral view - magnified - white backgroundImage 15: Male genitalia - distiphallus - ventral view - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 16: Male genitalia - epandrium, and inner and outer surstyli - lateral view - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 17: Male genitalia - magnified - white background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Redfern, M. 1968 The Natural History of Spear Thistle-heads Field Studies Vol 2, No 5: 669-717.

Terellia serratulae (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 Terellia serratulae (a gall fly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 9 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Terellia serratulae (a gall fly)
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