Acrocera orbiculus (Fabricius, 1787)
(Top-horned Hunchback)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAcrocera orbiculus (Top-horned Hunchback)
FamilyACROCERIDAE (spider-parasite flies)
SuperfamilyNEMESTRINOIDEA (spider-parasite flies)
InfraorderAsilomorpha (robber, bee, stiletto, window, dagger, long-legged & spider-parasite flies)
SuborderBRACHYCERA (short-horned 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 Acrocera orbiculus (Top-horned Hunchback) :
1: Acrocera orbiculus (Top-horned Hunchback)
3 Aug 2019 OSGR: ST90 50° 50’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, pestering me
Image 1: Female - antero-dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver background (2)Image 4: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - postero-dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Wing - magnified - white backgroundImage 8: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head - anterior view - close-up - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Acrocera orbiculus (Top-horned Hunchback) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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