Gymnomus spectabilis (Loew, 1862)
(a heleomyzid fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesGymnomus spectabilis (a heleomyzid fly)
GenusGymnomus (a genus of flies)
FamilyHELEOMYZIDAE (a family of flies)
SuperfamilySPHAEROCEROIDEA (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
Gibbs, D. 2004 Gymnomus spectabilis (Loew, 1862) (Diptera, Heleomyzidae) in Britain Dipterists Digest (2nd Series) Vol 11, No. 2: 114-116.

Gymnomus spectabilis (a heleomyzid fly) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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