Anthomyia pluvialis (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Rain Fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAnthomyia pluvialis (Rain Fly)
GenusAnthomyia (a genus of anthomyiid flies)
FamilyANTHOMYIIDAE (anthomyiid flies)
SuperfamilyMUSCOIDEA (dung and house flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Calyptratae (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 Anthomyia pluvialis (Rain Fly) :
1: Anthomyia pluvialis (Rain Fly)
2 May 2017 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Image 1: Female - antennae - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - fore-parts - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and thorax - latero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head - latero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver background
2: Anthomyia pluvialis (Rain Fly)
14 Apr 2017 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
male, visiting Alexanders
Image 1: Male - antennae - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - fore-parts - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head and thorax - dorso-lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - head - dorso-lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - thorax - dorso-lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - cercal plate and surstyli - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 14: Male - epiphallus - lateral view - magnified - white backgroundImage 15: Male - genital assembly - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 16: Male - paraphallus? - magnified - white backgroundImage 17: Male - pregonite - magnified - white backgroundImage 18: Male - sternite 5 - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 19: Male - sternites 3-5 - microscope low magnification - white background
3: Anthomyia pluvialis (Rain Fly)
5 May 2007 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Oxon (VC 23) England
Male, resting on gate
Image 1: Lateral view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 2: Lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged (2)Image 3: Postero-lateral view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 4: Postero-lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged (2)

Anthomyia pluvialis (Rain Fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Anthomyia pluvialis (Rain Fly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Anthomyia pluvialis (Rain Fly)

Dark spot at the wing base is separate from the spots on the dorsum.

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