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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSylvicola punctatus (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 punctatus (a window gnat) :
1: Sylvicola punctatus (a window gnat)
28 Apr 2012 OSGR: SU17 51° 30’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: North Wilts (VC 7) England
Male, on Ramsons leaf
Image 1: Male - antennae, head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - white backgroundImage 2: Male - antennae, head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - white backgroundImage 3: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 4: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 5: Male - wing - magnified - white background
2: Sylvicola punctatus (a window gnat) IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN
9 Jul 1998 OSGR: SU68 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Swept off Carex acutiformis
Image 1: Dorsal view - wings apartImage 2: Dorsal view - wings together
3: Sylvicola punctatus (a window gnat)
23 Aug 1997 OSGR: SU57 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Three views
4: Sylvicola punctatus (a window gnat)
3 Aug 1997 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Three views

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

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