Chamaemyia Meigen, 1803
(a genus of silverflies)

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Chamaemyia flavipalpis
a silverfly
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Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusChamaemyia (a genus of silverflies)
FamilyCHAMAEMYIIDAE (silverflies)
SuperfamilyLAUXANIOIDEA (a superfamily of acalypterate 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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Coe, R.L. 1942 *** The British Species of the Genus Chamaemyia (Dipt. Chamaemyiidae) ***(Superseded) EMM Ent. Mon. Mag. 78: 173-180.
Collin, J.E. 1966 The British species of Chamaemyia Mg. (Ochthiphiza Fln.) (Diptera) Transactions of the Society for British Entomology Vol 17 (4): 121-128.

Chamaemyia (a genus of silverflies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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