Herina lugubris (Meigen, 1826)
(a pictured-wing fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHerina lugubris (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 lugubris (a pictured-wing fly) :
1: Herina lugubris (a pictured-wing fly)
1 Jul 2017 OSGR: SY98 50° 40’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, swept off Lesser Knapweed (rayed form)
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 lugubris (a pictured-wing fly)
1 Sep 2015 OSGR: SE86 54° 0’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: South-east Yorks (VC 61) England
Female, swept off Chalk Knapweed
Image 1: Female - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver background
3: Herina lugubris (a pictured-wing fly)
27 Jul 2014 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, by general sweeping
Image 1: Female - abdomen - dorsal view - magnified - white backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - wings slightly spread - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - dorsal view - wings together - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Wing - magnified - white background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Clements , D.K. & Merz, B. 1997 *** The identity of ’Herina lugubris’ in Britain and its confusion with H. longistylata (Diptera, Ulidiidae) ***(Superseded) Dipterists Digest (2nd Series) Vol 4: 65-67.
Clements , D.K. & Merz, B. 1997 *** The identity of ’Herina lugubris’ in Britain and its confusion with H. longistylata (Diptera, Ulidiidae) ***(Superseded) Dipterists Digest (2nd Series) Vol 4: 65-67.

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

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

A not uncommon fly with banded wings.

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