Macrocera phalerata Meigen, 1818
(a fungus gnat)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMacrocera phalerata (a fungus gnat)
GenusMacrocera (a genus of Keroplatid fungus gnats)
FamilyKEROPLATIDAE (a family of fungus gnats)
SuperfamilySCIAROIDEA (fungus gnats and gall midges)
InfraorderBibionomorpha (St Mark’s flies, fever flies)
SuborderNEMATOCERA (thread-horned flies, gnat)
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 Macrocera phalerata (a fungus gnat) :
1: Macrocera phalerata (a fungus gnat) IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN
6 May 2012 OSGR: SY68 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, swept off Carex in woodland
Image 1: Male - lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 2: Male - lateral view - enlarged - white background

Macrocera phalerata (a fungus gnat) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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