Melieria crassipennis (Fabricius, 1794)
(a pictured-wing fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMelieria crassipennis (a pictured-wing fly)
GenusMelieria (a genus of pictured-wing flies)
SubfamilyOTITINAE (a subfamily of pictured-wing flies)
FamilyULIDIIDAE (a family of pictured-wing flies)
SuperfamilyTEPHRITOIDEA (lance and picture-wing 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 Melieria crassipennis (a pictured-wing fly) :
1: Melieria crassipennis (a pictured-wing fly)
28 Jun 2018 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, at MV light
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - wings slightly apart - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - wings together - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - lateral view - wings raised - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver background
2: Melieria crassipennis (a pictured-wing fly)
7 Jul 2013 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Female, wing-waving on Sparganium leaf
Image 1: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 2: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 3: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 4: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 5: Female - thorax - dorsal view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 6: Female - wings apart - dorsal view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 7: Female - wings together - dorsal view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 8: Wing - highly enlarged - white background
3: Melieria crassipennis (a pictured-wing fly)
9 Jul 1998 OSGR: SU68 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Swept off Carex
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - wings apartImage 2: Male - dorsal view - wings togetherImage 3: Male - lateral viewImage 4: Male - ventral view
4: Melieria crassipennis (a pictured-wing fly)
9 Jul 1998 OSGR: SU68 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Swept off Carex acutiformis
Image 1: Male - dorsal viewImage 2: Male - dorsal view - wings apartImage 3: Male - lateral viewImage 4: Male - ventral view
5: Melieria crassipennis (a pictured-wing fly)
9 Jul 1998 OSGR: SU68 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Swept off Glyceria maxima at river’s edge
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - wings spreadImage 2: Female - dorsal view - wings togetherImage 3: Female - lateral view

Melieria crassipennis (a pictured-wing fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Melieria crassipennis (a pictured-wing fly)
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