Myopa tessellatipennis Motschulsky, 1859
(a thick-headed fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMyopa tessellatipennis (a thick-headed fly)
GenusMyopa (a genus of beegrabbers)
FamilyCONOPIDAE (thick-headed flies, or beegrabbers and waspgrabbers)
SuperfamilyCONOPOIDEA (thick-headed 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 Myopa tessellatipennis (a thick-headed fly) :
1: Myopa tessellatipennis (a thick-headed fly)
18 Apr 2017 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male and female, in cop.
Image 1: Female - abdomen - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - abdomen - opened out - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - abdomen - opened out - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - abdomen - opened out - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - terminalia - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - abdomen - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - abdomen - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - abdomen - opened out - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - abdomen - opened out - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - abdomen - opened out - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 15: Male - fore-parts - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 16: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 17: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 18: Male - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 19: Male - head - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 20: Male - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 21: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 22: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 23: Wing - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 24: Female - sternites 1-5 - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 25: Female - sternites 4 & 5 - microscope low magnification - white background

Myopa tessellatipennis (a thick-headed fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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