Coproica vagans (Haliday, 1833)
(a lesser dung fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCoproica vagans (a lesser dung fly)
GenusCoproica (a genus of lesser dung flies)
SubfamilyLIMOSININAE (a subfamily of lesser dung flies)
FamilySPHAEROCERIDAE (lesser dung flies)
SuperfamilySPHAEROCEROIDEA (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)
Records of Coproica vagans (a lesser dung fly) :
1: Coproica vagans (a lesser dung fly)
17 May 2014 OSGR: SZ08 50° 40’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, on washed up seaweed at strandline
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - magnified - silver background (2)Image 3: Male - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - lateral view - magnified - silver background (2)Image 5: Hind leg - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 6: Male - terminalia - oblique view - retouched to show internal features - magnified - white backgroundImage 7: Male - terminalia - oblique view - retouched to show surface features - magnified - white backgroundImage 8: Mid leg - first tarsomere (=basitarsus) - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 9: Mid leg - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 10: Mid leg - tibia - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 11: Wing - microscope low magnification - white background

Coproica vagans (a lesser dung fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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