Dictya umbrarum (Linnaeus, 1758)
(a snail-killing fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesDictya umbrarum (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 Dictya umbrarum (a snail-killing fly) :
1: Dictya umbrarum (a snail-killing fly)
22 Jun 2018 OSGR: SZ29 50° 50’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, swept off Lesser Spearwort
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - wings apart - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - dorsal view - wings together - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - fore-parts - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - fore-parts - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - lateral view - wings down - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - lateral view - wings up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 13: Wing - magnified - white background

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

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