Meiosimyza rorida (Fallén, 1820)
(a lauxaniid fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMeiosimyza rorida (a lauxaniid fly)
GenusMeiosimyza (a genus of lauxaniid flies)
FamilyLAUXANIIDAE (lauxaniid flies)
SuperfamilyLAUXANIOIDEA (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)
Records of Meiosimyza rorida (a lauxaniid fly) :
1: Meiosimyza rorida (a lauxaniid fly)
17 Aug 2011 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Female, on Skimmia leaves
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 2: Female - head and forelegs - anterior view - magnifiedImage 3: Female - head and forelegs - front three-quarter view - magnifiedImage 4: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 5: Female - head and thorax - lateral view (keft side) - magnifiedImage 6: Female - head and thorax - lateral view (right side) - magnifiedImage 7: Female - head and thorax - ventral view - magnifiedImage 8: Female - head - anterior view - close-up - magnifiedImage 9: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 10: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 11: Wing - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 12: Wing - ventral view - magnified
2: Meiosimyza rorida (a lauxaniid fly)
17 Aug 2011 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Male, on Skimmia leaves
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 2: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - close-up - magnifiedImage 3: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - close-up - magnified (2)Image 4: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 5: Male - ventral view - close-up - magnified
3: Meiosimyza rorida (a lauxaniid fly)
3 Jun 1997 OSGR: SU57 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
sweeping mainly nettles around the seep
Image 1: Lateral view

Meiosimyza rorida (a lauxaniid fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Meiosimyza rorida (a lauxaniid fly)
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