Ceratinostoma ostiorum (Haliday in Curtis, 1832)
(a dung fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCeratinostoma ostiorum (a dung fly)
FamilySCATHOPHAGIDAE (dung flies)
SuperfamilyMUSCOIDEA (dung and house flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Calyptratae (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 Ceratinostoma ostiorum (a dung fly) :
1: Ceratinostoma ostiorum (a dung fly)
24 Apr 2013 OSGR: SY67 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, on rock on beach
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 2: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 3: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 4: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 5: Female - head - dorso-anterior view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 6: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 7: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 8: Wing - highly enlarged - white background

Ceratinostoma ostiorum (a dung fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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