Conops quadrifasciatus De Geer, 1776
(a thick-headed fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesConops quadrifasciatus (a thick-headed fly)
GenusConops (a genus of bee- and waspgrabbers)
FamilyCONOPIDAE (thick-headed flies, or beegrabbers and waspgrabbers)
SuperfamilyCONOPOIDEA (thick-headed 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 Conops quadrifasciatus (a thick-headed fly) :
1: Conops quadrifasciatus (a thick-headed fly)
23 Aug 2018 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, chasing wasps around bramble patch
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - wings apart - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - latero-dorsal view - wings together - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - terminalia - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver background
2: Conops quadrifasciatus (a thick-headed fly)
6 Aug 2017 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, visiting Scabious
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - wings apart - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - wings together - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - fore-parts - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - fore-parts - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - ventral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 12: Wing - highly enlarged - white background
3: Conops quadrifasciatus (a thick-headed fly)
18 Jul 2007 OSGR: SN69 52° 30’ N, 4° 0’ W Vice County: Cardigan (VC 46) Wales
Male, visiting flowers of Rosebay . Photos: Male, visiting flowers and posed on leaf
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - on leafImage 2: Male - dorsal view - on leaf (2)Image 3: Male - dorsal view - on leaf (3)Image 4: Male - dorso-lateral view - on leafImage 5: Male - dorso-lateral view - on leaf (2)Image 6: Male - dorso-lateral view - on leaf (3)Image 7: Male - dorso-lateral view - on leaf (4)Image 8: Male - front three-quarter view - on leafImage 9: Male - latero-dorsal view - on leafImage 10: Male - rear three-quarter view - on leafImage 11: Male - ventral view - on leafImage 12: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 13: Male - lateral view - close-up - enlarged - grey backgroundImage 14: Male - lateral view - enlarged - grey backgroundImage 15: Male - ventral view - close-up - enlarged - grey backgroundImage 16: Male - visiting Rosebay flower - dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 17: Male - visiting Rosebay flower - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 18: Male - visiting Rosebay flower - dorso-lateral view - close-up - enlargedImage 19: Male - visiting Rosebay flower - rear three-quarter view - enlarged
4: Conops quadrifasciatus (a thick-headed fly)
16 Aug 1997 OSGR: SS78 51° 30’ N, 3° 40’ W Vice County: Glam (VC 41) Wales
Male, visiting Wild Basil flowers
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - wings apart - pale backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - wings apart - pale background (2)Image 3: Male - lateral view - pale backgroundImage 4: Male - ventral view - pale background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Clements, D.K. 1997 Conops vitellinus (Diptera, Conopidae): a possible British species Dipterists Digest Vol 3: 49-53.

Conops quadrifasciatus (a thick-headed fly) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Conops quadrifasciatus (a thick-headed fly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Conops quadrifasciatus (a thick-headed fly)
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