Ceroxys urticae (Linnaeus, 1758)
(a pictured-wing fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCeroxys urticae (a pictured-wing fly)
SubfamilyOTITINAE (a subfamily of pictured-wing flies)
FamilyULIDIIDAE (a family of pictured-wing flies)
SuperfamilyTEPHRITOIDEA (lance and picture-wing flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Acalyptratae (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 Ceroxys urticae (a pictured-wing fly) :
1: Ceroxys urticae (a pictured-wing fly)
17 Jul 2013 OSGR: SY68 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Swept off Sea Clubrush (Bolboschoenus maritimus)
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - wings apart - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 3: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 4: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 5: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 6: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 7: Wing - magnified - white backgroundImage 8: Wing - magnified - white background (2)
2: Ceroxys urticae (a pictured-wing fly)
15 Jun 1971 OSGR: TG04 52° 60’ N, 1° 0’ E Vice County: East Norfolk (VC 27) England
Image 1: Antero-lateral view - enlargedImage 2: Dorsal view - enlarged

Ceroxys urticae (a pictured-wing fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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