Palloptera usta (Meigen, 1826)
(a flutter fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPalloptera usta (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
Ozerov, A.L. 2009 A review of the family Pallopteridae (Diptera) of the fauna of Russia Russian Entomol. J. Vol 18 (2): 129-146.

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

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