Tephritis divisa Rondani, 1871
(a gall fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTephritis divisa (a gall fly)
GenusTephritis (a genus of gall flies)
FamilyTEPHRITIDAE (gall-flies, greater fruit 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 Tephritis divisa (a gall fly) :
1: Tephritis divisa (a gall fly)
15 Sep 2016 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, by general sweeping
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - fore-parts - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver background (2)Image 7: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver background (3)Image 8: Female - latero-dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver background
2: Tephritis divisa (a gall fly)
2 Aug 2015 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
male, swept off Bristly Ox-tongue
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - fore-parts - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - fore-parts - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - lateral view - wings up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 11: Wing - magnified - white background

Tephritis divisa (a gall fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Tephritis divisa (a gall fly)
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A gall fly that has recently been found in Britain. The larvae feed on Bristly Oxtongue.

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