Stegana coleoptrata (Scopoli, 1763)
(Beetle Hunchback Fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesStegana coleoptrata (Beetle Hunchback Fly)
GenusStegana (hunchback flies)
FamilyDROSOPHILIDAE (fruit or vinegar flies)
SuperfamilyEPHYDROIDEA (fruit and shore 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 Stegana coleoptrata (Beetle Hunchback Fly) :
1: Stegana coleoptrata (Beetle Hunchback Fly)
23 May 2017 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
female, indoors, on window
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - ventral view - magnified - silver background

Stegana coleoptrata (Beetle Hunchback Fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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