Callomyia amoena Meigen, 1824
(a big-footed fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCallomyia amoena (a big-footed fly)
GenusCallomyia (a genus of big-footed flies)
FamilyPLATYPEZIDAE (flat-footed flies)
SuperfamilyPLATYPEZOIDEA (scuttle flies, flat-footed flies & big-footed flies)
InfraorderEremoneura - Cyclorrhapha (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 Callomyia amoena (a big-footed fly) :
1: Callomyia amoena (a big-footed fly)
7 Sep 2018 OSGR: SZ19 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Female, swept off Bracken, under Pine and birch
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - wings open - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - wings together - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - fore-parts - lateral 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 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - latero-dorsal view - wings together - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - ventral view - wings open - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 11: Wing - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 12: Wing - magnified - white backgroundImage 13: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver background
2: Callomyia amoena (a big-footed fly)
13 Sep 1997 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: 3 views
3: Callomyia amoena (a big-footed fly)
1 Apr 1971 OSGR: TG10 52° 40’ N, 1° 10’ E Vice County: East Norfolk (VC 27) England
Puparium, on rotten log, reared.
Image 1: Adult - dorsal view - enlargedImage 2: Adult - lateral view - enlargedImage 3: Adult - postero-dorsal view - enlargedImage 4: Puparium - dorsal - highly enlargedImage 5: Puparium - ventral - highly enlarged

Callomyia amoena (a big-footed fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Callomyia amoena (a big-footed fly)
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