Beris vallata (Forster, 1771)
(Common Orange Legionnaire)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesBeris vallata (Common Orange 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 vallata (Common Orange Legionnaire) :
1: Beris vallata (Common Orange Legionnaire)
8 Jul 2016 OSGR: SY98 50° 40’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, swept from Spear Thistle
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - 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 throax - 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 - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver background
2: Beris vallata (Common Orange Legionnaire)
9 Jun 2012 OSGR: SY68 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, beaten off Grey Sallow
Image 1: Male - abdomen - dorsal view - magnified - white backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 3: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 4: Male - head, thorax and scutellum - dorsal view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 5: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 6: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 7: Wing - magnified - white backgroundImage 8: Male - face - anterior view - microscope low magnification - dark backgroundImage 9: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - dark backgroundImage 10: Male - head - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - dark backgroundImage 11: Male - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - dark background
3: Beris vallata (Common Orange Legionnaire)
12 Jun 1998 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 0’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - wings apartImage 2: Male - dorsal view - wings apart (2)Image 3: Male - dorsal view - wings togetherImage 4: Male - lateral viewImage 5: Male - ventral view

Beris vallata (Common Orange Legionnaire) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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