[Minettia fasciata agg.]
(a group of lauxaniid flies)

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Minettia fasciata
a lauxaniid fly
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 		Species 24 images 1 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
Informal[Minettia fasciata agg.] (a group of lauxaniid flies)
GenusMinettia (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 [Minettia fasciata agg.] (a group of lauxaniid flies) :
1: [Minettia fasciata agg.] (a group of lauxaniid flies)
12 Jul 2013 OSGR: SU46 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Male, swept off Creeping Thistle
Image 1: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 2: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 3: Scutellum - ventro-posterior view - microscope low magnification

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
() Merz, B. 2004 Revision of the Minettia fasciata species-group (Diptera, Lauxaniidae) Revue suisse de Zoologie Vol 111 (1): 183-211.

[Minettia fasciata agg.] (a group of lauxaniid flies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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