Fucellia maritima (Haliday, 1838)
(a seaweed fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesFucellia maritima (a seaweed fly)
GenusFucellia (seaweed flies)
FamilyANTHOMYIIDAE (anthomyiid flies)
SuperfamilyMUSCOIDEA (dung and house 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 Fucellia maritima (a seaweed fly) :
1: Fucellia maritima (a seaweed fly)
16 Jul 2007 OSGR: SN69 52° 30’ N, 4° 0’ W Vice County: Cardigan (VC 46) Wales
Females attracted to dead Banded Wedge-shell (Donax vittatus), on beach
Image 1: Flies feeding on seepage from dead bivalveImage 2: Flies feeding on seepage from dead bivalve (2)Image 3: Flies feeding on seepage from dead bivalve (3)Image 4: Flies feeding on seepage from dead bivalve (4)Image 5: Flies feeding on seepage from dead bivalve (5)Image 6: Flies feeding on seepage from dead bivalve (6)Image 7: Flies feeding on seepage from dead bivalve (7)Image 8: Flies feeding on seepage from dead bivalve (8)Image 9: Flies feeding on seepage from dead bivalve (9)Image 10: Flies feeding on seepage from dead bivalve (10)Image 11: Flies feeding on seepage from dead bivalve (11)Image 12: Female - abdomen - latero-dorsal view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 13: Female - antero-lateral view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 14: Female - head and thorax - latero-dorsal view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 15: Female - head and thorax - latero-dorsal view - magnified - pale background (2)Image 16: Female - head and thorax - ventro-lateral view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 17: Female - head and thorax - ventro-lateral view - magnified - pale background (2)Image 18: Female - head and thorax - ventro-lateral view - magnified - pale background (3)Image 19: Female - head and thorax - ventro-lateral view - magnified - pale background (4)Image 20: Female - head and thorax - ventro-lateral view - magnified - pale background (5)Image 21: Female - head - antero-lateral view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 22: Female - head - antero-lateral view - magnified - pale background (2)Image 23: Female - head - antero-lateral view - magnified - pale background (3)Image 24: Female - thorax - antero-lateral view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 25: Female - thorax - latero-dorsal view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 26: Female - thorax - ventro-lateral view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 27: Female - thorax - ventro-lateral view - magnified - pale background (2)Image 28: Flies feeding on seepage from dead bivalve - enlargedImage 29: Flies feeding on seepage from dead bivalve - enlarged (2)Image 30: Flies feeding on seepage from dead bivalve - enlarged (3)Image 31: Flies feeding on seepage from dead bivalve - enlarged (4)Image 32: Flies feeding on seepage from dead bivalve - enlarged (5)Image 33: Flies feeding on seepage from dead bivalve - enlarged (6)Image 34: Flies feeding on seepage from dead bivalve - enlarged (7)Image 35: Flies feeding on seepage from dead bivalve - enlarged (8)Image 36: Flies feeding on seepage from dead bivalve - enlarged (9)Image 37: Flies feeding on seepage from dead bivalve - enlarged (10)Image 38: Flies feeding on seepage from dead bivalve - enlarged (11)Image 39: Flies feeding on seepage from dead bivalve - enlarged (12)Image 40: Flies feeding on seepage from dead bivalve - enlarged (13)Image 41: Fly feeding on seepage from dead bivalve - antero-dorsal view - enlargedImage 42: Fly feeding on seepage from dead bivalve - antero-lateral view - enlargedImage 43: Fly feeding on seepage from dead bivalve - dorso-lateral view - enlargedImage 44: Fly feeding on seepage from dead bivalve - dorso-lateral view - enlarged (2)Image 45: Fly feeding on seepage from dead bivalve - lateral view - enlargedImage 46: Fly feeding on seepage from dead bivalve - lateral view - enlarged (2)Image 47: Fly feeding on seepage from dead bivalve - lateral view - enlarged (3)Image 48: Fly feeding on seepage from dead bivalve - posterior view - enlargedImage 49: Fly feeding on seepage from dead bivalve - posterior view - enlarged (2)Image 50: Fly feeding on seepage from dead bivalve - postero-lateral view - enlargedImage 51: Fly feeding on seepage from dead bivalve - postero-lateral view - enlarged (2)Image 52: Fly feeding on seepage from dead bivalve - rear three-quarter view - enlargedImage 53: Fly feeding on seepage from dead bivalve - rear three-quarter view - enlarged (2)Image 54: Fly feeding on seepage from dead bivalve - rear three-quarter view - enlarged (3)Image 55: Wing - highly enlarged
2: Fucellia maritima (a seaweed fly) IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN
16 Jul 2007 OSGR: SN69 52° 30’ N, 4° 0’ W Vice County: Cardigan (VC 46) Wales
Male
Image 1: Male - abdomen - ventro-lateral view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 3: Male - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 4: Male - head - lateral view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 5: Male - head - lateral view - magnified - pale background (2)Image 6: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 7: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - pale background (2)Image 8: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - pale background (3)Image 9: Male - postero-dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 10: Male - thorax - antero-lateral view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 11: Male - thorax - dorsal view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 12: Male - thorax - dorsal view - magnified - pale background (2)Image 13: Male - thorax - lateral view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 14: Male - thorax - ventro-lateral view - magnified - pale background

Fucellia maritima (a seaweed fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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