Ephydra macellaria Egger, 1862
(a shore fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesEphydra macellaria (a shore fly)
GenusEphydra (a genus of shore flies)
FamilyEPHYDRIDAE (shore flies)
SuperfamilyEPHYDROIDEA (fruit and shore 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 Ephydra macellaria (a shore fly) :
1: Ephydra macellaria (a shore fly)
12 Aug 2014 OSGR: SY68 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, on seeping spring at shoreline
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - antennae - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - genitalia - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - genitalia - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - genitalia - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Ephydra macellaria (a shore fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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