Graphomya maculata (Scopoli, 1763)
(a muscid fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesGraphomya maculata (a muscid fly)
FamilyMUSCIDAE (muscid flies: house fly, green bottles)
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 Graphomya maculata (a muscid fly) :
1: Graphomya maculata (a muscid fly)
19 Aug 2012 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Female, visiting Ragwort
Image 1: Female - abdomen - dorsal view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 3: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - pale backgroundImage 4: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 5: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 6: Female - head - antero-dorsal view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 7: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 8: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 9: Female - head - postero-lateral view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 10: Female - lateral view - enlarged - pale backgroundImage 11: Female - ventral view - enlarged - pale backgroundImage 12: Wing - highly enlarged - white background
2: Graphomya maculata (a muscid fly)
19 Aug 2012 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Male, visiting Hogweed
Image 1: Male - abdomen - dorsal view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 3: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - pale backgroundImage 4: Male - head - anterior view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 5: Male - head - dorsal view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 6: Male - ventral view - enlarged - pale background
3: Graphomya maculata (a muscid fly)
2 Aug 2005 OSGR: SU16 51° 30’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: North Wilts (VC 7) England
Female, visiting Wild Angelica
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - on Wild Angelica - close-up - enlargedImage 2: Female - dorsal view - on Wild Angelica - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 3: Female - dorsal view - on Wild Angelica - close-up - enlarged (3)Image 4: Female - dorsal view - on Wild Angelica - close-up - enlarged (4)Image 5: Female - dorsal view - on Wild Angelica - close-up - enlarged (5)Image 6: Female - dorso-lateral view - on Wild Angelica - close-up - enlargedImage 7: Female - lateral view - on Wild Angelica - close-up - enlargedImage 8: Female - lateral view - on Wild Angelica - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 9: Female - lateral view - on Wild Angelica - close-up - enlarged (3)Image 10: Female - latero-dorsal view - on Wild Angelica - close-up - enlarged
4: Graphomya maculata (a muscid fly)
2 Aug 2005 OSGR: SU16 51° 30’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: North Wilts (VC 7) England
Male, visiting Wild Angelica
Image 1: Male - antero-dorsal view - on Wild Angelica - close-up - enlargedImage 2: Male - dorsal view - on Wild Angelica - close-up - enlargedImage 3: Male - front three-quarter view - on Wild Angelica - close-up - enlargedImage 4: Male - front three-quarter view - on Wild Angelica - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 5: Male - latero-dorsal view - on Wild Angelica - close-up - enlarged
5: Graphomya maculata (a muscid fly)
15 Aug 2004 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Male, on cultivated Golden Rod flowers
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - grey backgroundImage 2: Male - lateral view - enlarged - grey backgroundImage 3: Male - ventral view - enlarged - grey backgroundImage 4: Male - foreparts - dorsal view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 5: Male - foreparts - lateral view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 6: Male - head - ventral view - magnified - grey background
6: Graphomya maculata (a muscid fly)
6 Aug 1998 OSGR: SU58 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Male, at Hogweed flowers
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - white backgroundImage 2: Male - lateral view - white backgroundImage 3: Male - ventral view - white background
7: Graphomya maculata (a muscid fly)
6 Aug 1998 OSGR: SU58 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Female, at Hogweed flowers
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - wings apart - pale backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - wings together - pale backgroundImage 3: Female - dorsal view - wings together - pale background (2)Image 4: Female - latero-ventral view - pale backgroundImage 5: Female - ventral view - pale background
8: Graphomya maculata (a muscid fly)
9 Aug 1997 OSGR: SU47 51° 30’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Female, visiting Angelica
Image 1: Female - dorsal and lateral views
9: Graphomya maculata (a muscid fly)
1 Aug 1976 OSGR: SU83 51° 0’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: Surrey (VC 17) England
Female
Image 1: Female - lateral view - enlargedImage 2: Female - posterior view - enlargedImage 3: Female - postero-lateral view - enlargedImage 4: Female - postero-lateral view - enlarged (2)

Graphomya maculata (a muscid fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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