Beris morrisii Dale, 1841
(Yellow-legged Black Legionnaire)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesBeris morrisii (Yellow-legged Black Legionnaire)
GenusBeris (legionnaire soldierflies)
FamilySTRATIOMYIDAE (soldierflies)
SuperfamilySTRATIOMYOIDEA (soldier flies)
InfraorderStratiomyomorpha (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 Beris morrisii (Yellow-legged Black Legionnaire) :
1: Beris morrisii (Yellow-legged Black Legionnaire)
27 Jun 2011 OSGR: SY77 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, resting on tea-tree (Lycium) leaf
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 2: Female - face - anterior view - close-up - magnifiedImage 3: Female - face - anterior view - magnifiedImage 4: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 5: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - close-up - magnifiedImage 6: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 7: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - white backgroundImage 8: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 9: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 10: Wing - magnified
2: Beris morrisii (Yellow-legged Black Legionnaire)
21 Jun 1998 OSGR: SU78 51° 30’ N, 0° 60’ W Vice County: Oxon (VC 23) England
on Rowan
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - wings spreadImage 2: Male - lateral viewImage 3: Male - ventral view

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Falck, M. 2007 Notes on the Norwegian species of Beris Latreille, 1802 (Diptera, Stratiomyidae) NJE Vol 54 (1): 55-58.

Beris morrisii (Yellow-legged Black Legionnaire) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Beris morrisii (Yellow-legged Black Legionnaire)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Beris morrisii (Yellow-legged Black Legionnaire)
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