Seioptera vibrans (Linnaeus, 1758)
(a pictured-wing fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSeioptera vibrans (a pictured-wing fly)
SubfamilyOTITINAE (a subfamily of pictured-wing flies)
FamilyULIDIIDAE (a family of pictured-wing flies)
SuperfamilyTEPHRITOIDEA (lance and picture-wing 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 Seioptera vibrans (a pictured-wing fly) :
1: Seioptera vibrans (a pictured-wing fly)
23 Jun 2017 OSGR: SZ19 50° 50’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Female, swept off Lesser Knapwed
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - fore-parts - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and mouthparts - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and thorax - latero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head - latero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - wing - magnified - white background

Seioptera vibrans (a pictured-wing fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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