Pelidnoptera fuscipennis (Meigen, 1830)
(a snail-killing fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPelidnoptera fuscipennis (a snail-killing fly)
FamilySCIOMYZIDAE (snail-killing flies)
SuperfamilySCIOMYZOIDEA (snail-killing, lesser dung & kelp 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 Pelidnoptera fuscipennis (a snail-killing fly) :
1: Pelidnoptera fuscipennis (a snail-killing fly)
2 Sep 2011 OSGR: SY58 50° 40’ N, 2° 40’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
male, settled on human
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 2: Male - genitalia - opened - lateral view - magnifiedImage 3: Male - genitalia - opened - posterior view - magnifiedImage 4: Male - genitalia - opened - ventrral view - magnifiedImage 5: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 6: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - close-up - magnifiedImage 7: Male - head - anterior view - close-up - magnifiedImage 8: Male - head - anterior view - magnifiedImage 9: Male - head - antero-dorsal view - close-up - magnifiedImage 10: Male - head - antero-dorsal view - magnifiedImage 11: Male - head - antero-ventral - close-up - magnifiedImage 12: Male - head - antero-ventral view - magnifiedImage 13: Male - head - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 14: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 15: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - white background (2)Image 16: Male - thorax and scutellum - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 17: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 18: Wing - magnified

Pelidnoptera fuscipennis (a snail-killing fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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