Scatella lacustris (Meigen, 1830)
(a shore fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesScatella lacustris (a shore fly)
GenusScatella (a genus of shore flies)
FamilyEPHYDRIDAE (shore flies)
SuperfamilyEPHYDROIDEA (fruit and shore 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 Scatella lacustris (a shore fly) :
1: Scatella lacustris (a shore fly)
14 Apr 2013 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
swept from young Glyceria shoots
Image 1: Female - lateral view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 2: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - pale backgroundImage 3: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - microscope low magnification - pale backgroundImage 4: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - pale backgroundImage 5: Wing - microscope low magnification - pale background

Scatella lacustris (a shore fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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