Myopites eximius Seguy, 1932
(Golden Samphire Gall-fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMyopites eximius (Golden Samphire Gall-fly)
GenusMyopites (a genus of gall flies)
FamilyTEPHRITIDAE (gall-flies, greater fruit 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 Myopites eximius (Golden Samphire Gall-fly) :
1: Myopites eximius (Golden Samphire Gall-fly)
7 Aug 2017 OSGR: SY66 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Two females, swept off Golden Samphire
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - wings open - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - wings open - highly enlarged - silver background (2)Image 3: Female - dorsal view - wings together - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - fore-parts - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - fore-parts - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - lateral view - wings down - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - lateral view - wings up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 13: Wing - magnified - white backgroundImage 14: Female - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background
2: Myopites eximius (Golden Samphire Gall-fly)
7 Aug 2017 OSGR: SY66 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Three males, swept off Golden Samphire
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - lateral view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - lateral view - wings down - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - lateral view - wings up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver background

Myopites eximius (Golden Samphire Gall-fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Myopites eximius (Golden Samphire Gall-fly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Myopites eximius (Golden Samphire Gall-fly)
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