Sepsis orthocnemis Frey, 1908
(a lesser dung fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSepsis orthocnemis (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 orthocnemis (a lesser dung fly) :
1: Sepsis orthocnemis (a lesser dung fly)
17 May 2014 OSGR: SZ08 50° 40’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
at strandline
Image 1: Female - lateral view - legs curled up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - lateral view - magnified - silver background
2: Sepsis orthocnemis (a lesser dung fly)
18 Aug 2013 OSGR: SU58 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Female, on Cow dung
Image 1: Female - lateral view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - latero-dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - abdomen - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - abdomen - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and thorax - antero-dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - thorax and abdomen - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - thorax - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Wing - microscope low magnification - white background

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

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