Parydra coarctata (Fallen, 1813)
(a shore fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesParydra coarctata (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 coarctata (a shore fly) :
1: Parydra coarctata (a shore fly)
20 May 2016 OSGR: SZ19 50° 40’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
female, swept from rushes growing in ditch on upper salt marsh
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Antennae - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - fore-parts - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background
2: Parydra coarctata (a shore fly)
18 Apr 2013 OSGR: SY68 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
female, swept from muddy stream
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 2: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 3: Wing - magnified - white background
3: Parydra coarctata (a shore fly)
9 Jun 2012 OSGR: SY68 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, on mud of margin of new pond on clay
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 2: Female - front three-quarter view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 3: Female - front three-quarter view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 4: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 5: Female - scutellum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification
4: Parydra coarctata (a shore fly)
9 Jun 2012 OSGR: SY68 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
female, on mud of margin of new pond on clay
Image 1: Female - lateral view - close-up - magnified - pale backgroundImage 2: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 3: Female - coxae - lateral view - microscope low magnification - pale backgroundImage 4: Female - coxae - lateral view - microscope low magnification - pale background (2)Image 5: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - microscope low magnification - pale backgroundImage 6: Female - thorax and coxae - lateral view - microscope low magnification - pale background

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

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