Parapiophila flavipes (Zetterstedt, 1847)
(a fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesParapiophila flavipes (a fly)
FamilyPIOPHILIDAE (nest flies, cheese-skippers etc.)
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
Stubbs, A.E. & Chandler, P.J. 2001 A provisional key to British Piophilidae (Diptera) and Parapiophila flavipes (Zetterstedt, 1847) new to Britain Dipterists Digest (2nd Series) Vol 8: 71-78.

Parapiophila flavipes (a fly) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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