Terellia tussilaginis (Fabricius, 1775)
(Banded Burdock Fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTerellia tussilaginis (Banded Burdock 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 tussilaginis (Banded Burdock Fly) :
1: Terellia tussilaginis (Banded Burdock Fly)
31 Jul 2013 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Male, on Lesser Burdock
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 2: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged - pale background
2: Terellia tussilaginis (Banded Burdock Fly)
31 Jul 2013 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Female, on Lesser Burdock
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
3: Terellia tussilaginis (Banded Burdock Fly)
12 Jul 2013 OSGR: SU46 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Male, swept off Creeping Thistle
Image 1: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 2: Wing - magnified - white backgroundImage 3: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 4: Male - head - antero-dorsal view - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 5: Male - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - white background
4: Terellia tussilaginis (Banded Burdock Fly)
26 Jun 2006 OSGR: TQ31 50° 60’ N, 0° 10’ W Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14) England
on Marsh Thistle peduncle and leaf
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 2: Female - dorso-lateral view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 3: Female - front three-quarter view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 4: Female - front three-quarter view - close-up - highly enlarged (2)Image 5: Female - lateral view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 6: Female - lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged (2)Image 7: Female - lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged (3)Image 8: Female - lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged (4)Image 9: Female - lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged (5)Image 10: Female - lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged (6)Image 11: Female - lateral view - highly enlargedImage 12: Female - latero-dorsal view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 13: Wing - close-up - highly enlarged
5: Terellia tussilaginis (Banded Burdock Fly)
25 Jun 2006 OSGR: TQ31 50° 60’ N, 0° 10’ W Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14) England
Female, on Lesser Burdock capitulum
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 2: Female - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 3: Female - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged (2)Image 4: Female - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged (3)Image 5: Female - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged (4)Image 6: Female - in situ - enlargedImage 7: Female - lateral view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 8: Female - lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged (2)Image 9: Female - lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged (3)Image 10: Female - lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged (4)Image 11: Female - lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged (5)Image 12: Female - postero-dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 13: Female - postero-dorsal view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 14: Female - postero-dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged (2)Image 15: Female - preparing to oviposit - close-up - highly enlargedImage 16: Female - rear three-quarter view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 17: Female - rear three-quarter view - close-up - highly enlarged (2)Image 18: Female - rear three-quarter view - close-up - highly enlarged (3)Image 19: Female - rear three-quarter view - close-up - highly enlarged (4)Image 20: Females - enlargedImage 21: Females - enlarged (2)Image 22: Females - enlarged (3)
6: Terellia tussilaginis (Banded Burdock Fly)
22 Jul 2004 OSGR: SU73 51° 0’ N, 0° 60’ W Vice County: North Hants (VC 12) England
Male imago, on and around Burdock capitula
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - enlargedImage 2: Male - dorso-lateral view - enlargedImage 3: Male - lateral view - enlargedImage 4: Male - posterior view - enlargedImage 5: Male - postero-dorsal view - enlargedImage 6: Male - postero-dorsal view - enlarged (2)Image 7: Male - dorsal view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 8: Male - dorso-lateral view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 9: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 10: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 11: Male - lateral view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 12: Male - lateral view - magnified - grey background (2)Image 13: Male - ventral view - magnified - grey background
7: Terellia tussilaginis (Banded Burdock Fly)
9 Aug 1997 OSGR: SU47 51° 30’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on Angelica flowers
Image 1: Two views

Terellia tussilaginis (Banded Burdock Fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Terellia tussilaginis (Banded Burdock Fly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 6 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Terellia tussilaginis (Banded Burdock Fly)
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