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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHerina palustris (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 palustris (a pictured-wing fly) :
1: Herina palustris (a pictured-wing fly)
1 Jul 2017 OSGR: SY98 50° 40’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, swept off Lesser Knapweed (rayed form)
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver background
2: Herina palustris (a pictured-wing fly)
1 Jul 2017 OSGR: SY98 50° 40’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
2 males, swept off Lesser Fleabane etc
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 backgroundImage 10: Wing - magnified - white backgroundImage 11: Male - antennae - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - terminalia - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver background

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

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