Sepedon sphegea (Fabricius, 1775)
(a snail-killing fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSepedon sphegea (a snail-killing fly)
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 Sepedon sphegea (a snail-killing fly) :
1: Sepedon sphegea (a snail-killing fly)
21 Sep 2019 OSGR: SZ09 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, swept off rushes beside stream
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver background (2)Image 4: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver background
2: Sepedon sphegea (a snail-killing fly)
7 Sep 2018 OSGR: SZ19 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Female, swept off young rush regrowth following mowing
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - wings open - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - fore-parts - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - fore-parts - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 11: Wing - highly enlarged - white background

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

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