Odontomyia tigrina (Fabricius, 1775)
(Black Colonel)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesOdontomyia tigrina (Black Colonel)
GenusOdontomyia (colonel and brigadier soldierflies)
FamilySTRATIOMYIDAE (soldierflies)
SuperfamilySTRATIOMYOIDEA (soldier flies)
InfraorderStratiomyomorpha (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 Odontomyia tigrina (Black Colonel) :
1: Odontomyia tigrina (Black Colonel)
28 May 2005 OSGR: SU77 51° 30’ N, 0° 50’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Female
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - enlargedImage 2: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - enlargedImage 3: Female - ventral view - enlargedImage 4: Female - wing - enlarged
2: Odontomyia tigrina (Black Colonel)
11 Jun 2003 OSGR: ST48 51° 30’ N, 2° 50’ W Vice County: Monmouth (VC 35) United Kingdom
Female, on umbels of Hemlock Water-dropwort
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - wings apart - landscapeImage 2: Female - dorsal view - wings apart - portraitImage 3: Female - dorsal view - wings together - landscapeImage 4: Female - dorsal view - wings together - portraitImage 5: Female - ventral view - landscapeImage 6: Female - ventral view - portraitImage 7: Female - head and antennae - dorsal view - enlarged
3: Odontomyia tigrina (Black Colonel)
14 May 1999 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 0’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
resting on emergent vegetation
Image 1: Male - abdomen - dorsal viewImage 2: Male - abdomen - ventral viewImage 3: Male - dorsal view - wings apartImage 4: Male - dorsal view - wings togetherImage 5: Male - dorsal view - wings together (2)Image 6: Male - head and thorax - lateral viewImage 7: Male - head - dorsal viewImage 8: Male - head - lateral viewImage 9: Male - head - ventral viewImage 10: Male - ventral view

Odontomyia tigrina (Black Colonel) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Odontomyia tigrina (Black Colonel)
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