Atylotus fulvus (Meigen, 1804)
(Golden Horsefly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAtylotus fulvus (Golden Horsefly)
GenusAtylotus (a genus of horseflies)
FamilyTABANIDAE (horseflies, deerflies, gad flies, stouts, clegs, horsefly)
SuperfamilyTABANOIDEA (horseflies, snipe flies & water snipe flies)
InfraorderTabanomorpha (horseflies, snipe flies & soldier 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 Atylotus fulvus (Golden Horsefly) :
1: Atylotus fulvus (Golden Horsefly)
10 Jul 2015 OSGR: SY98 50° 40’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, attracted to hot car.
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - head and fore-legs - anterior view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head - anterior view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - ventral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Wing - highly enlarged - white background

Atylotus fulvus (Golden Horsefly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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