Pollenia amentaria (Scopoli, 1763)
(Black-bellied Clusterfly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPollenia amentaria (Black-bellied Clusterfly)
GenusPollenia (clusterflies)
FamilyPOLLENIIDAE (a family of 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 Pollenia amentaria (Black-bellied Clusterfly) :
1: Pollenia amentaria (Black-bellied Clusterfly)
17 Aug 2011 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Male, visiting Hemp Agrimony
Image 1: Male - abdomen - ventral view - magnifiedImage 2: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - white backgroundImage 3: Male - head - anterior view - magnifiedImage 4: Male - head - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 5: Male - head - dorso-anterior view - magnifiedImage 6: Male - head - lateral view - magnifiedImage 7: Male - lateral view - enlarged - white backgroundImage 8: Male - lateral view - enlarged - white background (2)Image 9: Male - terminalia - open - lateral view - magnifiedImage 10: Male - terminalia - ventral view - close-up - magnifiedImage 11: Male - thorax - dorsal view - diffuse lighting - highly enlargedImage 12: Male - thorax - dorsal view - direct lighting - highly enlargedImage 13: Male - thorax - lateral view - magnifiedImage 14: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 15: Wing - ventral view - highly enlarged - white background
2: Pollenia amentaria (Black-bellied Clusterfly)
31 Aug 2004 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Female, on garden Goldenrod
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - grey backgroundImage 2: Female - lateral view - enlarged - grey backgroundImage 3: Female - lateral view - enlarged - grey background (2)Image 4: Female - ventral view - enlarged - grey backgroundImage 5: Female - abdomen and wing - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 6: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnifiedImage 7: Female - head - lateral view - magnifiedImage 8: Female - thorax - dorsal view - magnified

Pollenia amentaria (Black-bellied Clusterfly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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