Palloptera anderssoni Rotheray & MacGowan, 1999
(a flutter fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPalloptera anderssoni (a flutter fly)
GenusPalloptera (a genus of flutter flies)
FamilyPALLOPTERIDAE (flutter 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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Gibbs, D. 2005 The identification of Palloptera anderssonii Rotheray & MacGowan, 1999 (Diptera, Pallopteridae) Dipterists Digest (2nd Series) Vol. 12 No. 1: 58.

Palloptera anderssoni (a flutter fly) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Palloptera anderssoni (a flutter fly)
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