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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHerina nigrina (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 nigrina (a pictured-wing fly) :
1: Herina nigrina (a pictured-wing fly)
6 Aug 2017 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, swept off Hemp Agrimony
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - wings apart - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - dorsal view - wings together - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - fore-parts - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Wing - magnified - white backgroundImage 11: Female - antennae - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver background
2: Herina nigrina (a pictured-wing fly)
3 Jul 2008 OSGR: TA08 54° 20’ N, 0° 20’ W Vice County: North-east Yorks (VC 62) England
on Japanese Rose on path up cliff
Image 1: Antero-dorsal view - on rose hip - close-up - enlargedImage 2: Dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 3: Dorsal view - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 4: Dorsal view - enlargedImage 5: Dorsal view - enlarged (2)Image 6: Dorsal view - on hip - close-up - enlargedImage 7: Dorsal view - on rose hip - close-up - enlargedImage 8: Dorso-lateral view - on rose hip - close-up - highly enlargedImage 9: Dorso-lateral view - wing-waving - on rose hip - close-up - highly enlargedImage 10: Front three-quarter view - close-up - enlargedImage 11: Front three-quarter view - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 12: Front three-quarter view - close-up - enlarged (3)Image 13: Front three-quarter view - close-up - enlarged (4)Image 14: Front three-quarter view - close-up - enlarged (5)Image 15: Front three-quarter view - enlargedImage 16: Head - antero-dorsal view - close-up - magnifiedImage 17: Head - antero-dorsal view - close-up - magnified (2)Image 18: Head - dorso-lateral view - close-up - magnifiedImage 19: Lateral view - close-up - enlargedImage 20: Lateral view - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 21: Lateral view - close-up - enlarged (3)Image 22: Latero-dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 23: Latero-dorsal view - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 24: Latero-dorsal view - on rose hip - close-up - enlargedImage 25: Latero-dorsal view - on rose hip - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 26: Postero-dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 27: Specimen - dorsal view - white backgroundImage 28: Specimen - dorsal view - white background (2)Image 29: Specimen - dorso-lateral view - white backgroundImage 30: Specimen - lateral view - white backgroundImage 31: Specimen - lateral view - white background (2)Image 32: Specimen - lateral view - white background (3)Image 33: Thorax - dorsal view - close-up - magnifiedImage 34: Thorax - dorsal view - close-up - magnified (2)Image 35: Thorax - dorsal view - close-up - magnified (3)Image 36: Thorax - dorsal view - close-up - magnified (4)Image 37: Thorax - latero-dorsal view - close-up - magnifiedImage 38: Wing - top surface - close-up - magnified
3: Herina nigrina (a pictured-wing fly)
24 Jul 1998 OSGR: SU68 51° 30’ N, 1° 0’ W Vice County: Oxon (VC 23) England
at MV
Image 1: Male - dorsal viewImage 2: Male - dorsal view - wings apartImage 3: Male - lateral view

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

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