Scatella stagnalis (Fallén, 1813)
(a shore fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesScatella stagnalis (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 stagnalis (a shore fly) :
1: Scatella stagnalis (a shore fly)
24 Oct 2011 OSGR: SU86 51° 20’ N, 0° 50’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
male, swept off Grey Sallow regeneration
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - magnified - white backgroundImage 2: Male - lateral view - close-up - magnifiedImage 3: Male - lateral view - magnified - white backgroundImage 4: Male - lateral view - wing raised - magnified - white backgroundImage 5: Male - lateral view - wing raised - magnified - white background (2)Image 6: Wing - magnifiedImage 7: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 8: Male - head - anterior view - magnifiedImage 9: Male - head - latero-dorsal view - microscope low magnification

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

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Scatella stagnalis (a shore fly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Scatella stagnalis (a shore fly)
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