Notiphila cinerea Fallén, 1813
(a shore fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesNotiphila cinerea (a shore fly)
GenusNotiphila (a genus of shore flies)
FamilyEPHYDRIDAE (shore flies)
SuperfamilyEPHYDROIDEA (fruit and shore 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 Notiphila cinerea (a shore fly) :
1: Notiphila cinerea (a shore fly)
20 May 2016 OSGR: SZ19 50° 40’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Male, swept from rushes growing in ditch on upper salt marsh
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - fore-parts - lateral view - magnified - 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 - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - antennae - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - epiandral process - inner face - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - epiandral process - outer face - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - fore-parts - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - head - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Notiphila cinerea (a shore fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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