Coremacera marginata (Fabricius, 1775)
(a snail-killing fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCoremacera marginata (a snail-killing fly)
FamilySCIOMYZIDAE (snail-killing flies)
SuperfamilySCIOMYZOIDEA (snail-killing, lesser dung & kelp 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 Coremacera marginata (a snail-killing fly) :
1: Coremacera marginata (a snail-killing fly)
1 Jul 2012 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, swept off melilot
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 2: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 3: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 4: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 5: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - pale background (2)Image 6: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 7: Female - thorax - dorsal view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 8: Wing - highly enlarged - white background
2: Coremacera marginata (a snail-killing fly)
19 Aug 2001 OSGR: SU78 51° 40’ N, 0° 60’ W Vice County: Oxon (VC 23) England
in Malaise Trap run from 19 Aug to 2 Sept 2001
Image 1: Male - lateral view - enlargedImage 2: Male - head & thorax - lateral view - magnifiedImage 3: Male - head & thorax - lateral view - magnified - dark backgroundImage 4: Male - head & thorax - lateral view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 5: Male - head & thorax - lateral view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 6: Male - head - lateral view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 7: Male - wing - magnified
3: Coremacera marginata (a snail-killing fly)
9 Jul 1998 OSGR: SU58 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
swept from base of Hogweed
Image 1: Dorsal viewImage 2: Dorsal view - wings spreadImage 3: Lateral viewImage 4: Ventral view
4: Coremacera marginata (a snail-killing fly)
12 Jun 1998 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 0’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Dorsal view - wings apartImage 2: Dorsal view - wings apart (2)Image 3: Dorsal view - wings apart (3)Image 4: Dorsal view - wings togetherImage 5: Lateral viewImage 6: Lateral view (2)Image 7: Ventral view - wings apart

Coremacera marginata (a snail-killing fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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