Sylvicola cinctus (Fabricius, 1787)
(a window gnat)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSylvicola cinctus (a window gnat)
GenusSylvicola (a genus of window gnats)
FamilyANISOPODIDAE (window gnats)
SuperfamilyANISOPODOIDEA (window gnats)
InfraorderPsychodomorpha (owl midges or moth flies, winter & window gnats, scatopsids)
SuborderNEMATOCERA (thread-horned flies, gnat)
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 Sylvicola cinctus (a window gnat) :
1: Sylvicola cinctus (a window gnat)
24 Apr 2013 OSGR: SY67 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, swept off Phalaris arundinacea
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 2: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 3: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 4: Male - lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 5: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 6: Wing - magnified - white backgroundImage 7: Male - genitalia - magnifiedImage 8: Male - head - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - white background

Sylvicola cinctus (a window gnat) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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