Choerades marginatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Golden-haired Robberfly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesChoerades marginatus (Golden-haired Robberfly)
FamilyASILIDAE (robber flies, assassin flies)
SuperfamilyASILOIDEA (robber & assassin flies, bee flies, stiletto flies & window flies)
InfraorderAsilomorpha (robber, bee, stiletto, window, dagger, long-legged & spider-parasite flies)
SuborderBRACHYCERA (short-horned 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 Choerades marginatus (Golden-haired Robberfly) :
1: Choerades marginatus (Golden-haired Robberfly)
19 Aug 2012 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Female, indoors
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - wings apart - enlarged - pale backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - wings together - enlarged - pale backgroundImage 3: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 4: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 5: Female - head - postero-dorsal view view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 6: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 7: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 8: Wing - highly enlarged - white background

Choerades marginatus (Golden-haired Robberfly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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