Ilione albiseta (Scopoli, 1763)
(a snail-killing fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesIlione albiseta (a snail-killing fly)
GenusIlione (a genus of flies)
FamilySCIOMYZIDAE (snail-killing flies)
SuperfamilySCIOMYZOIDEA (snail-killing, lesser dung & kelp 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 Ilione albiseta (a snail-killing fly) :
1: Ilione albiseta (a snail-killing fly)
14 Sep 2017 OSGR: SY98 50° 40’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, swept off rushes
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - wings apart - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - wings together - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - fore-parts - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - fore-parts - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - lateral view - wings up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - genitalia - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - genitalia - posterior view - microscope low magnification - silver background
2: Ilione albiseta (a snail-killing fly)
3 Sep 2014 OSGR: SZ08 50° 40’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
2 females, perching on rushes
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - foreparts - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Wing - highly enlarged - white background
3: Ilione albiseta (a snail-killing fly)
9 Jul 1998 OSGR: SU68 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Male, swept off Carex acutiformis
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - white backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - wings spread - white backgroundImage 3: Male - lateral view - white backgroundImage 4: Male - ventral view - white background

Ilione albiseta (a snail-killing fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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