Phasia barbifrons (Girschner, 1887)
(a bug parasitoid fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPhasia barbifrons (a bug parasitoid fly)
GenusPhasia (a genus of bug parasitoid flies)
TribePhasiini (a tribe of bug parasitoid flies)
SubfamilyPHASIINAE (bug parasitoid flies)
FamilyTACHINIDAE (parasitoid flies)
SuperfamilyOESTROIDEA (blow-flies, blue-bottles, flesh flies and parasitoid 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 Phasia barbifrons (a bug parasitoid fly) :
1: Phasia barbifrons (a bug parasitoid fly)
25 Aug 2013 OSGR: TQ15 51° 20’ N, 0° 20’ W Vice County: Surrey (VC 17) England
Male, visiting cultivated golden-rod
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - foreparts - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver background (2)Image 8: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Wing - magnified - white backgroundImage 10: Male - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - thorax - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background
2: Phasia barbifrons (a bug parasitoid fly)
19 Aug 2004 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Male, on garden goldenrod flowers
Image 1: Male - head, antennae, mouthparts - lateral - magnifiedImage 2: Male - head, antennae, mouthparts, thorax - lateral - magnifiedImage 3: Male - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 4: Male - dorsal view - magnified (2)Image 5: Male - dorsal view - magnified (3)Image 6: Male - head - ventral - magnifiedImage 7: Male - lateral view - magnifiedImage 8: Male - lateral view - magnified (2)Image 9: Male - ventral view - magnifiedImage 10: Wing - magnified - grey backgroundImage 11: Wing - magnified - pale background

Phasia barbifrons (a bug parasitoid fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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