Lordiphosa andalusiaca Strobl, 1906
(a fruit fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLordiphosa andalusiaca (a fruit fly)
FamilyDROSOPHILIDAE (fruit or vinegar flies)
SuperfamilyEPHYDROIDEA (fruit and shore 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 Lordiphosa andalusiaca (a fruit fly) :
1: Lordiphosa andalusiaca (a fruit fly)
10 Apr 2013 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
2 males, swept from moribund fronds of cultivated fern
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - magnified - grey backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 3: Male - lateral view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 4: Male - lateral view - magnified - grey background (2)Image 5: Male - genitalia - magnifiedImage 6: Male - genitalia - penis within paired processes - magnifiedImage 7: Male - genital lamella - magnifiedImage 8: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 9: Male - head and thorax - ventral view - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 10: Wing - microscope low magnification - white background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Collin, J.E. 1952 Notes on some Drosophilidae (Dipt.) including five additional Britsh species, two of them new to science Ent. Mon. Mag.: 197-199.

Lordiphosa andalusiaca (a fruit fly) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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