Clistoabdominalis ruralis (Meigen, 1824)
(a big-headed fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesClistoabdominalis ruralis (a big-headed fly)
SubfamilyPIPUNCULINAE (a subfamily of big-headed flies)
FamilyPIPUNCULIDAE (big-headed flies)
SuperfamilySYRPHOIDEA (hover flies, drone flies, flower flies & big-headed flies)
InfraorderEremoneura - Cyclorrhapha (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 Clistoabdominalis ruralis (a big-headed fly) :
1: Clistoabdominalis ruralis (a big-headed fly)
16 Sep 2015 OSGR: SZ19 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Male, swept off Juncus
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Wing - magnified - white backgroundImage 7: Male - abdomen - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - head - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Clistoabdominalis ruralis (a big-headed fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Clistoabdominalis ruralis (a big-headed fly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Clistoabdominalis ruralis (a big-headed fly)

A rare big-headed fly that is mainly confined to the New Forest, although there have been a few recent records from outside this area.

References:
Author & YearTitleSource
Coe, R.L., 1966PipunculidaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, X part 2(c), 83pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
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