Geomyza breviseta Czerny, 1928
(an opomyzid fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesGeomyza breviseta (an opomyzid fly)
GenusGeomyza Sensu Auct. (a genus of opomyzid flies)
FamilyOPOMYZIDAE (opomyzid flies)
SuperfamilyOPOMYZOIDEA (a superfamily of acalypterate 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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Drake, C.M. 2013 The ovipositor of Geomyza subnigra Drake (Diptera, Opomyzidae) Dipterists Digest (2nd Series) Vol 20 (1): 1-2.

Geomyza breviseta (an opomyzid fly) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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