Chrysops sepulcralis (Fabricius, 1794)
(Black Deerfly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesChrysops sepulcralis (Black Deerfly)
GenusChrysops (deerflies)
FamilyTABANIDAE (horseflies, deerflies, gad flies, stouts, clegs, horsefly)
SuperfamilyTABANOIDEA (horseflies, snipe flies & water snipe flies)
InfraorderTabanomorpha (horseflies, snipe flies & soldier 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 Chrysops sepulcralis (Black Deerfly) :
1: Chrysops sepulcralis (Black Deerfly)
28 Jun 2016 OSGR: SY98 50° 40’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - ventral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Wing - highly enlarged - white background

Chrysops sepulcralis (Black Deerfly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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