Dilophus febrilis (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Fever Fly, Blossom Fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesDilophus febrilis (Fever Fly, Blossom Fly)
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)
Records of Dilophus febrilis (Fever Fly, Blossom Fly) :
1: Dilophus febrilis (Fever Fly, Blossom Fly)
27 Apr 2016 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
female, on white painted door
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - fore-parts - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - wing - magnified - white background
2: Dilophus febrilis (Fever Fly, Blossom Fly)
16 May 2013 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Male, on outside of window, 19:00 hrs.
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 2: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 3: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 4: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 5: Male - wing - magnified - white backgroundImage 6: Fore tibia - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - grey backgroundImage 7: Fore tibia - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - grey background (2)
3: Dilophus febrilis (Fever Fly, Blossom Fly)
25 May 1975 OSGR: TQ21 50° 50’ N, 0° 10’ W Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14) England
Female
Image 1: Female - lateral view - close-up - enlargedImage 2: Female - lateral view - close-up - enlarged (2)
4: Dilophus febrilis (Fever Fly, Blossom Fly)
22 Aug 1971 OSGR: TQ20 50° 50’ N, 0° 10’ W Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14) England
Female, indoors
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - enlarged

Dilophus febrilis (Fever Fly, Blossom Fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Dilophus febrilis (Fever Fly, Blossom Fly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Dilophus febrilis (Fever Fly, Blossom Fly)
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