Chaetorellia loricata (Rondani, 1870)
(a gall fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesChaetorellia loricata (a gall fly)
FamilyTEPHRITIDAE (gall-flies, greater fruit 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 Chaetorellia loricata (a gall fly) :
1: Chaetorellia loricata (a gall fly)
30 Jul 2017 OSGR: SU01 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
Male, swept off Scabious etc.
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - fore-parts - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - fore-parts - lateral view - mouthparts fully everted - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - mouthparts fully everted - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head - lateral view - mouthparts fully everted - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - lateral view - wings back - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - lateral view - wings down - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver background
2: Chaetorellia loricata (a gall fly)
14 Jun 2017 OSGR: SU02 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
Female, swept off Greater Knapweed (in bud)
Image 1: Female - aculeus - extreme tip - magnifiedImage 2: Female - aculeus - microscope low magnificationImage 3: Female - aculeus - tip - magnified
3: Chaetorellia loricata (a gall fly)
17 Jun 2016 OSGR: SU01 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
Male, swept off Greater Knapweed
Image 1: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver background
4: Chaetorellia loricata (a gall fly)
24 May 2015 OSGR: SU01 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
Female, on Greater Knapweed
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 thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Wing - magnified - white background

Chaetorellia loricata (a gall fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Chaetorellia loricata (a gall fly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Chaetorellia loricata (a gall fly)
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