Ilione lineata (Fallén, 1820)
(a snail-killing fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesIlione lineata (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 lineata (a snail-killing fly) :
1: Ilione lineata (a snail-killing fly)
14 Sep 2017 OSGR: SY98 50° 40’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, by general sweeping
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - wings apart - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - wings together - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - fore-parts - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - fore-parts - lateral 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 - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - lateral view - wings down - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - lateral view - wings raised - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 12: Wing - magnified - white background
2: Ilione lineata (a snail-killing fly)
28 Sep 2015 OSGR: SZ19 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Male, by general sweeping
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - fore-parts - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head - anterior 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 - lateral view - wings up - highly enlarged - silver background

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

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