Thecophora fulvipes (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)
(Orange-thighed Beegrabber)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesThecophora fulvipes (Orange-thighed 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 fulvipes (Orange-thighed Beegrabber) :
1: Thecophora fulvipes (Orange-thighed Beegrabber)
9 Aug 2015 OSGR: SU01 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
Female, swept off Sawwort
Image 1: Female - abdomen - dorsal view - magnified - white 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 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver background (2)Image 11: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 12: Wing - magnified - white background

Thecophora fulvipes (Orange-thighed Beegrabber) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Thecophora fulvipes (Orange-thighed Beegrabber)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Thecophora fulvipes (Orange-thighed Beegrabber)

A thick-headed fly probably parasitic on the solitary bee Halictus. Widespread but less common than T. fulvipes.

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