Herina frondescentiae (Linnaeus, 1758)
(a pictured-wing fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHerina frondescentiae (a pictured-wing fly)
GenusHerina (a genus of pictured-wing flies)
SubfamilyOTITINAE (a subfamily of pictured-wing flies)
FamilyULIDIIDAE (a family of pictured-wing flies)
SuperfamilyTEPHRITOIDEA (lance and picture-wing 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)
Records of Herina frondescentiae (a pictured-wing fly) :
1: Herina frondescentiae (a pictured-wing fly)
1 Jul 2017 OSGR: SY98 50° 40’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, swept off Marsh Thistle
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - fore-parts - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - fore-parts - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver background
2: Herina frondescentiae (a pictured-wing fly)
12 Jul 2012 OSGR: SD77 54° 10’ N, 2° 20’ W Vice County: Mid-west Yorks (VC 64) England
Female, by general sweeping
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 2: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 3: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 4: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 5: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 6: Wing - magnified - white backgroundImage 7: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - pale backgroundImage 8: Female - head - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - pale backgroundImage 9: Female - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - pale background
3: Herina frondescentiae (a pictured-wing fly)
12 Jul 2012 OSGR: SD77 54° 10’ N, 2° 20’ W Vice County: Mid-west Yorks (VC 64) England
Male, by general sweeping
Image 1: Male - head and fore-legs - antero-dorsal view - microscope low magnification - pale background
4: Herina frondescentiae (a pictured-wing fly)
3 Jul 2005 OSGR: SO23 51° 60’ N, 3° 10’ W Vice County: Brecon (VC 42) Wales
on capitula of Marsh Thistle
Image 1: Antero-dorsal view - enlargedImage 2: Dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 3: Lateral view - enlarged
5: Herina frondescentiae (a pictured-wing fly)
6 Jun 1998 OSGR: SU36 51° 20’ N, 1° 30’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Dorsal viewsImage 2: Lateral views

Herina frondescentiae (a pictured-wing fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Herina frondescentiae (a pictured-wing fly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Herina frondescentiae (a pictured-wing fly)
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