Ectophasia crassipennis (Fabricius, 1794)
(a bug parasite fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesEctophasia crassipennis (a bug parasite fly)
TribeGymnosomatini (a tribe of flies)
SubfamilyPHASIINAE (bug parasitoid flies)
FamilyTACHINIDAE (parasitoid flies)
SuperfamilyOESTROIDEA (blow-flies, blue-bottles, flesh flies and parasitoid flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Calyptratae (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 Ectophasia crassipennis (a bug parasite fly) :
1: Ectophasia crassipennis (a bug parasite fly)
5 Oct 2023 OSGR: ST90 50° 50’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, visiting Wild Carrot, with a male.
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - wings back - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - wings spread - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and thorax - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - postero-dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - ventral view - enlarged - silver background
2: Ectophasia crassipennis (a bug parasite fly)
5 Oct 2023 OSGR: ST90 50° 50’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, visiting Wild Carrot, with a female.
Image 1: Male - antero-dorsal view - wings back - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - wings spread - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head - anterior view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - postero-dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - ventral view - enlarged - silver background

Ectophasia crassipennis (a bug parasite fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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