Sepsis fulgens Meigen, 1826
(a lesser dung fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSepsis fulgens (a lesser dung fly)
GenusSepsis (a genus of lesser dung flies)
FamilySEPSIDAE (a family of lesser dung 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 Sepsis fulgens (a lesser dung fly) :
1: Sepsis fulgens (a lesser dung fly)
26 Aug 2012 OSGR: SH85 53° 10’ N, 3° 50’ W Vice County: Denbigh (VC 50) Wales
visiting Hogweed
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 2: Female - lateral view - close-up - magnified - pale backgroundImage 3: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 4: Wing - magnified - white backgroundImage 5: Female - abdomen - lateral view - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 6: Female - abdomen - T1+2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 7: Female - abdomen - T1+2 - lateral view - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 8: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 9: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 10: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - white background

Sepsis fulgens (a lesser dung fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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