Euthycera fumigata (Scopoli, 1763)
(a snail-killing fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesEuthycera fumigata (a snail-killing fly)
FamilySCIOMYZIDAE (snail-killing 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 Euthycera fumigata (a snail-killing fly) :
1: Euthycera fumigata (a snail-killing fly)
10 Jul 2012 OSGR: SD86 54° 0’ N, 2° 20’ W Vice County: Mid-west Yorks (VC 64) England
Male, swept from Lesser Knapweed
Image 1: Male - head - dorsal view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 2: Male - head - lateral view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 3: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 4: Male - thorax - dorsal view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 5: Male - thorax - lateral view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 6: Wing - magnified - white background
2: Euthycera fumigata (a snail-killing fly)
13 Jul 1998 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Male, swept off Greater Hairy Willowherb
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - wings slightly apartImage 2: Male - dorsal view - wings spreadImage 3: Male - lateral viewImage 4: Male - ventral view

Euthycera fumigata (a snail-killing fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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