Parydra aquila (Fallén, 1813)
(a shore fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesParydra aquila (a shore fly)
GenusParydra (a genus of shore flies)
FamilyEPHYDRIDAE (shore flies)
SuperfamilyEPHYDROIDEA (fruit and shore 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 Parydra aquila (a shore fly) :
1: Parydra aquila (a shore fly)
30 Jun 2013 OSGR: SU10 50° 50’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Swept off boggy vegetation in small woodland-edge clearing
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 2: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 3: Female - lateral view - close-up - magnified - grey backgroundImage 4: Female - lateral view - close-up - magnified - grey background (2)Image 5: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 6: Wing - magnified - white backgroundImage 7: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - grey backgroundImage 8: Female - head - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - grey backgroundImage 9: Female - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - grey background

Parydra aquila (a shore fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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