Cephalops Fallén, 1810
(a genus of big-headed flies)

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Cephalops varipes
a big-headed fly
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Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusCephalops (a genus of big-headed flies)
SubfamilyPIPUNCULINAE (a subfamily of big-headed flies)
FamilyPIPUNCULIDAE (big-headed flies)
SuperfamilySYRPHOIDEA (hover flies, drone flies, flower flies & big-headed 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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
de Meyer, M. 1989 The West-Palaearctic species of the pipunculid genera Cephalops and Beckerias (Diptera) Journal of Natural History Vol 23: 725-765.
Gibbs, D. Cephalops - test key
Kehlmaier, C. 2008 Finnish Pipunculidae (Diptera) studies Part I: Taxonomic notes on Cephalops Fallén, 1810, Pipunculus Latreille, 1802 and Tomosvaryella Aczél, 1939 Zootaxa 1672: 1-42.

Cephalops (a genus of big-headed flies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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