Cryptochetum iceryae (Williston, 1888)
(a cryptochetid fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCryptochetum iceryae (a cryptochetid fly)
FamilyCRYPTOCHETIDAE (a family of flies)
SuperfamilyEPHYDROIDEA (fruit and shore 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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Whitmore, D., Notton, D.G. & Ismay. B. 2019

The family Cryptochetidae (Diptera) new to Britain, with the first European record of Cryptochetum

iceryae (Williston)

 Dipterists Digest (2nd Series) Vol 26: 71-72.

Cryptochetum iceryae (a cryptochetid fly) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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