Urophora jaceana (Hering, 1935)
(Knapweed Gall-fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesUrophora jaceana (Knapweed Gall-fly)
GenusUrophora (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 Urophora jaceana (Knapweed Gall-fly) :
1: Urophora jaceana (Knapweed Gall-fly)
18 Jul 2015 OSGR: SU01 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
Mating pair, swept off Chalk Knapweed
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - ovipositor fully exserted - 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 - ovipositor fully exserted - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - ventral view - ovipositor fully exserted - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - fore-parts - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Male - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Male - lateral view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 17: Male - lateral view - wings up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 18: Male - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 19: Wing - magnified - white backgroundImage 20: Female - aculeus and sheath - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 21: Female - aculeus - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 22: Female - aculeus tip - close-up - magnified - white backgroundImage 23: Female - aculeus tip - magnified - white backgroundImage 24: Female - ovipositor sheath microsculpture - magnified - white background

Urophora jaceana (Knapweed Gall-fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Urophora jaceana (Knapweed Gall-fly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 8 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Urophora jaceana (Knapweed Gall-fly)
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