Pegoplata aestiva (Meigen, 1826)
(an anthomyiid fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPegoplata aestiva (an anthomyiid fly)
GenusPegoplata (a genus of anthomyiid flies)
FamilyANTHOMYIIDAE (anthomyiid flies)
SuperfamilyMUSCOIDEA (dung and house flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Calyptratae (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 Pegoplata aestiva (an anthomyiid fly) :
1: Pegoplata aestiva (an anthomyiid fly)
31 Mar 2017 OSGR: SU10 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Male, resting on wooden fence
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - fore-parts - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - aedeagus - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 9: Male - cercal plate and surstyli etc - magnified - white backgroundImage 10: Male - cercal plate and surstyli - magnified - white backgroundImage 11: Male - genital capsule - rear three-quarter view - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 12: Male - postgonite, pregonite and aedeagus - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 13: Male - sternites III, IV and V - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 14: Male - sternite V - microscope low magnification - white background

Pegoplata aestiva (an anthomyiid fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Pegoplata aestiva (an anthomyiid fly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Pegoplata aestiva (an anthomyiid fly)

The genitalia are similar to P. infirma, but the present species has a projecting mouthedge.

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