Dryomyza anilis Fallen, 1820
(a Dryomyzid fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesDryomyza anilis (a Dryomyzid fly)
GenusDryomyza (a genus of Dryomyzid flies)
FamilyDRYOMYZIDAE (a family of 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 Dryomyza anilis (a Dryomyzid fly) :
1: Dryomyza anilis (a Dryomyzid fly)
5 Oct 2018 OSGR: SY99 50° 40’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, attracted to LED COB torch at night
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - ventral view - enlarged - silver background
2: Dryomyza anilis (a Dryomyzid fly)
14 Sep 2011 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
mating pair on fresh dung in Badger latrine
Image 1: Mating pair - dorsal viewImage 2: Mating pair - dorsal view (2)Image 3: Mating pair - latero-dorsal viewImage 4: Mating pair - latero-dorsal view - close-upImage 5: Mating pair - latero-dorsal view - close-up (2)Image 6: Mating pair - latero-dorsal view - close-up (3)Image 7: Mating pair - latero-dorsal view - close-up (4)Image 8: Mating pair - latero-dorsal view - close-up (5)
3: Dryomyza anilis (a Dryomyzid fly)
14 Sep 2011 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
mating pair on stone in Badger latrine with fresh dung
Image 1: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - white backgroundImage 2: Female - head - antero-dorsal view - magnified - white backgroundImage 3: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - white backgroundImage 4: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - white backgroundImage 5: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 6: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - white backgroundImage 7: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - white background (2)Image 8: Male - genitalia - everted - lateral view - close-up - magnified - white backgroundImage 9: Male - genitalia - everted - lateral view - magnified - white backgroundImage 10: Male - head - anterior view - magnified - white backgroundImage 11: Male - head - antero-dorsal view - magnified - white backgroundImage 12: Male - head - dorsal view - magnified - white backgroundImage 13: Male - head - lateral view - magnified - white backgroundImage 14: Male - lateral view - enlarged - white backgroundImage 15: Male - thorax - dorsal view - magnified - white backgroundImage 16: Male - thorax - dorsal view - magnified - white background (2)Image 17: Male - thorax - lateral view - magnified - white backgroundImage 18: Male - ventral view - enlarged - white backgroundImage 19: Mating pair - front three-quarter view - close-up - enlargedImage 20: Mating pair - lateral view - close-up - enlargedImage 21: Mating pair - lateral view - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 22: Mating pair - lateral view - close-up - enlarged (3)Image 23: Wing - dorsal view - highly enlarged - white background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Falk, S.J. 2005 The identification and status of Dryomyza decrepita Zettertedt (Diptera, Dryomyzidae) Dipterists Digest (2nd Series) Vol. 12 No. 1: 7-12.

Dryomyza anilis (a Dryomyzid fly) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Dryomyza anilis (a Dryomyzid fly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Dryomyza anilis (a Dryomyzid fly)
Creative Commons License
This website is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Licence.

Unless otherwise expressly stated, all original material on the BioImages website by Malcolm Storey is licensed under the above Creative Commons Licence.

Photographs from other photographers are used with permission but not included under the above CC licence.

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)