Phalacrotophora delageae Disney, 1979
(a fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPhalacrotophora delageae (a fly)
GenusPhalacrotophora (ladybird parasite scuttle flies)
FamilyPHORIDAE (scuttle flies)
SuperfamilyPLATYPEZOIDEA (scuttle flies, flat-footed flies & big-footed flies)
InfraorderEremoneura - Cyclorrhapha (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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Irwin, A.G. & Harvey, M.C. 2014 Phalacrotophora delageae Disney (Diptera, Phoridae) new to Britain Dipterists Digest (2nd Series) Vol 21: 77-80.

Phalacrotophora delageae (a fly) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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