Cordilura ciliata (Meigen, 1826)
(a dung fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCordilura ciliata (a dung fly)
GenusCordilura (a genus of dung flies)
FamilySCATHOPHAGIDAE (dung flies)
SuperfamilyMUSCOIDEA (dung and house flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Calyptratae (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 Cordilura ciliata (a dung fly) :
1: Cordilura ciliata (a dung fly)
20 Jun 2012 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 0’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Female, near pond, on bramble leaf
Image 1: Antennae - magnified - pale backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - pale backgroundImage 3: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - pale background (2)Image 4: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 5: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 6: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 7: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 8: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 9: Female - lateral view - wings down - enlarged - pale backgroundImage 10: Female - lateral view - wings up - enlarged - pale backgroundImage 11: Female - thorax - dorsal view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 12: Wing - enlarged - white background

Cordilura ciliata (a dung fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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