Dilophus Meigen, 1803
(fever flies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
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Dilophus febrilis
Fever Fly, Blossom Fly
Male (Click to open) (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)
 		Species 17 images
Dilophus femoratus
a fever fly
Male (Click to open)Male (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Male (Click to open) (Click to open)Female (Click to open)
 		Species 31 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusDilophus (fever flies)
FamilyBIBIONIDAE (St Mark’s flies, fever flies)
SuperfamilyBIBIONOIDEA (St Mark’s flies, fever flies)
InfraorderBibionomorpha (St Mark’s flies, fever flies)
SuborderNEMATOCERA (thread-horned flies, gnat)
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)

Dilophus (fever flies) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Dilophus (fever flies)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Dilophus (fever flies)
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