Silba fumosa Egger, 1864
(Hogweed Lance-fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSilba fumosa (Hogweed Lance-fly)
FamilyLONCHAEIDAE (lance 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 Silba fumosa (Hogweed Lance-fly) :
1: Silba fumosa (Hogweed Lance-fly)
17 Aug 2004 OSGR: SU77 51° 30’ N, 0° 50’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on Tansy flower
Image 1: Dorso-lateral - magnifiedImage 2: Lateral - magnifiedImage 3: Ventral - wing apart - magnifiedImage 4: Ventral - wings together - magnifiedImage 5: Wing - magnified

Silba fumosa (Hogweed Lance-fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Silba fumosa (Hogweed Lance-fly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Silba fumosa (Hogweed Lance-fly)
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