Palloptera quinquemaculata (Macquart, 1835)
(a flutter fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPalloptera quinquemaculata (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)
Records of Palloptera quinquemaculata (a flutter fly) :
1: Palloptera quinquemaculata (a flutter fly)
13 May 2014 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
2 females, visiting Alexanders umbel
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 2: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - lateral view - wings together - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 5: Female - lateral view - wings up - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 6: Wing - magnified - white background

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

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Palloptera quinquemaculata (a flutter fly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Palloptera quinquemaculata (a flutter fly)
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