Hebecnema vespertina (Fallen, 1823)
(a muscid fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHebecnema vespertina (a muscid fly)
GenusHebecnema (a genus of muscid flies)
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 Hebecnema vespertina (a muscid fly) :
1: Hebecnema vespertina (a muscid fly)
11 Jun 2016 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
3 dark-winged males, on bramble leaf
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver background (2)Image 5: Male - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head - lateral view - magnified - silver background (2)Image 8: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver background (2)Image 11: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - antennae - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver background

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

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