Lonchoptera scutellata Stein, 1890
(a pointed-wing fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLonchoptera scutellata (a pointed-wing fly)
GenusLonchoptera (pointed-wing flies)
FamilyLONCHOPTERIDAE (pointed-wing flies)
SuperfamilyLONCHOPTEROIDEA (pointed-wing flies)
InfraorderEremoneura - Cyclorrhapha (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 Lonchoptera scutellata (a pointed-wing fly) :
1: Lonchoptera scutellata (a pointed-wing fly)
31 Jul 2013 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Male, swept from waterside vegetation
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - magnified - white backgroundImage 3: Male - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - fore tarsus - microscope low magnificationImage 5: Male - fore tarsus segments 3-5 - magnifiedImage 6: Male - genital capsule - everted - lateral view - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 7: Male - genital capsule - in situ - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 8: Male - genital capsule - ventral view - microscope low magnificationImage 9: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 10: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 11: Male - wing - microscope low magnification

Lonchoptera scutellata (a pointed-wing fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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