Lipara rufitarsis Loew, 1858
(a chloropid fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLipara rufitarsis (a chloropid fly)
GenusLipara (chloropid reed-gall flies)
FamilyCHLOROPIDAE (chloropid flies)
SuperfamilyCARNOIDEA (a superfamily of acalypterate 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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Grochowska, M. 2007 Morphology of preimaginal stages of Lipara rufitarsis Loew 1858 (Diptera: Chloropidae), a parasite of the common reed (Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin.) Annales de la Société Entomologique de France Vol 43 (1): 57-62.

Lipara rufitarsis (a chloropid fly) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Lipara rufitarsis (a chloropid fly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Lipara rufitarsis (a chloropid fly)
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