Pachygaster leachii Stephens in Curtis, 1824
(Yellow-legged Black)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPachygaster leachii (Yellow-legged Black)
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 Pachygaster leachii (Yellow-legged Black) :
1: Pachygaster leachii (Yellow-legged Black)
26 Jul 2011 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Female, indoors, on window
Image 1: Female - dorsal view (diffuse lighting) - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view (lit from in front and behind) - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 3: Female - dorsal view (lit from in sides) - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 4: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 5: Female - lateral view (diffuse lighting) - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 6: Female - ventral view (diffuse lighting) - highly enlarged - pale background

Pachygaster leachii (Yellow-legged Black) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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