Parydra littoralis (Meigen, 1830)
(a shore fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesParydra littoralis (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 littoralis (a shore fly) :
1: Parydra littoralis (a shore fly)
4 Oct 2011 OSGR: SO46 52° 20’ N, 2° 50’ W Vice County: Hereford (VC 36) England
male, swept from vegetation around small woodland stream
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - magnifiedImage 2: Male - dorsal view - magnified - white backgroundImage 3: Male - lateral view - legs extended - magnified - white backgroundImage 4: Male - lateral view - magnified - white backgroundImage 5: Wing - magnifiedImage 6: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 7: Male - head - anterior view - magnifiedImage 8: Male - head - anterior view - magnified (2)Image 9: Male - head - antero-dorsal view - magnifiedImage 10: Male - head - lateral view - magnified
2: Parydra littoralis (a shore fly)
4 Oct 2011 OSGR: SO46 52° 20’ N, 2° 50’ W Vice County: Hereford (VC 36) England
female, swept from vegetation around small woodland stream
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 2: Female - lateral view - magnified - white backgroundImage 3: Female - latero-dorsal view - magnified - white backgroundImage 4: Female - ventral view - magnified - white backgroundImage 5: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - white backgroundImage 6: Female - head - antero-dorsal view - magnified - white backgroundImage 7: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - white backgroundImage 8: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - white backgroundImage 9: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - white background (2)Image 10: Wing - magnified - grey background

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

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