Pherbellia annulipes (Zetterstedt, 1846)
(a snail-killing fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPherbellia annulipes (a snail-killing fly)
GenusPherbellia (a genus of snail-killing flies)
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 Pherbellia annulipes (a snail-killing fly) :
1: Pherbellia annulipes (a snail-killing fly)
14 May 1998 OSGR: SU88 51° 30’ N, 0° 50’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
On fallen log with numerous Helicogona lapidicola
Image 1: Dorsal viewImage 2: Dorsal view - wings apartImage 3: Lateral viewImage 4: Underside
2: Pherbellia annulipes (a snail-killing fly)
24 May 1997 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 0’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on dry decorticated rotting beech log
Image 1: Male - lateral view
3: Pherbellia annulipes (a snail-killing fly)
24 May 1997 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 0’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on wet decorticated rotting beech log
Image 1: Dorsal viewImage 2: Lateral view

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

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