Thecophora atra (Fabricius, 1775)
(Small Beegrabber)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesThecophora atra (Small Beegrabber)
GenusThecophora (a genus of beegrabbers)
FamilyCONOPIDAE (thick-headed flies, or beegrabbers and waspgrabbers)
SuperfamilyCONOPOIDEA (thick-headed 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 Thecophora atra (Small Beegrabber) :
1: Thecophora atra (Small Beegrabber)
30 Jul 2017 OSGR: SU01 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
Male, swept off flowers
Image 1: Male - abdomen - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver background
2: Thecophora atra (Small Beegrabber)
18 Sep 2014 OSGR: SY68 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, perched on low cliff near holes of small solitary bees
Image 1: Female - abdomen - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - fore parts - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Wing - magnified - white background
3: Thecophora atra (Small Beegrabber)
25 Jun 1999 OSGR: SU33 51° 10’ N, 1° 30’ W Vice County: North Hants (VC 12) England
Female, swept off Mignonette
Image 1: Female - abdomen - lateral viewImage 2: Female - lateral viewImage 3: Female - ventral viewImage 4: Head - dorsal viewImage 5: Head - face viewImage 6: Head - lateral viewImage 7: Head - ventral viewImage 8: Thorax - lateral viewImage 9: Wing

Thecophora atra (Small Beegrabber) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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