Sepedon spinipes (Scopoli, 1763)
(a snail-killing fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSepedon spinipes (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 spinipes (a snail-killing fly) :
1: Sepedon spinipes (a snail-killing fly)
14 Sep 2017 OSGR: SY98 50° 40’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, swept off Rushes at side of ditch
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - wings apart - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Wing - magnified - white background
2: Sepedon spinipes (a snail-killing fly)
20 Sep 2015 OSGR: SZ08 50° 40’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, by general sweeping
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - fore-parts - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Wing - magnified - white background
3: Sepedon spinipes (a snail-killing fly)
20 Sep 2015 OSGR: SZ08 50° 40’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
2 females, by general sweeping
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - fore-parts - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head - antero-ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver background (2)Image 9: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - white background
4: Sepedon spinipes (a snail-killing fly)
25 Apr 1998 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 0’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Female, swept off Carex, by pond
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - wings apartImage 2: Female - dorsal view - wings togetherImage 3: Female - lateral viewImage 4: Female - lateral view (2)Image 5: Female - lateral view (3)Image 6: Female - ventral view

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

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