Phalacrotophora harveyi Disney & Smith, 2016
(a ladybird parasite scuttlefly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Phalacrotophora harveyi (a ladybird parasite scuttlefly)
Genus	Phalacrotophora (ladybird parasite scuttle flies)
Family	PHORIDAE (scuttle flies)
Superfamily	PLATYPEZOIDEA (scuttle flies, flat-footed flies & big-footed flies)
Infraorder	Eremoneura - Cyclorrhapha (an infraorder of flies)
Order	DIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Phalacrotophora harveyi is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Disney, R.H.L. & Smith, D.A.	2016	A new species of Phalacrotophora Enderlein (Diptera: Phoridae) from England	Ent. Mon. Mag. Vol 152 (3): 189-192.

Phalacrotophora harveyi (a ladybird parasite scuttlefly) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Phalacrotophora
(ladybird parasite scuttle flies)

PHORIDAE
(scuttle flies)

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Phalacrotophora harveyi (a ladybird parasite scuttlefly)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Phalacrotophora harveyi (a ladybird parasite scuttlefly)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Phalacrotophora harveyi is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)