Themira putris (Linnaeus, 1758)
(a lesser dung fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesThemira putris (a lesser dung fly)
GenusThemira (a genus of lesser dung flies)
FamilySEPSIDAE (a family of lesser dung flies)
SuperfamilySCIOMYZOIDEA (snail-killing, lesser dung & kelp 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 Themira putris (a lesser dung fly) :
1: Themira putris (a lesser dung fly)
6 Aug 2013 OSGR: SY68 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Hundreds swarming on bleached, washed up filamentous green seaweed . Photos: Male
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - fore-part - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - lateral view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Wing - magnified - white backgroundImage 9: Male - abdomen - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - fore femur and tibia - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - fore femur and tibia - posterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - fore femur and tibia - posterior view - microscope low magnification - silver background (2)Image 13: Male - fore femur - anterior view - microscope low magnification - pale backgroundImage 14: Male - fore tibia - anterior view - magnifiedImage 15: Male - fore tibia - anterior view - magnified - white backgroundImage 16: Male - genital capsule - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 17: Male - genitalia - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 18: Male - genitalia - posterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 19: Male - genitalia - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 20: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 21: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 22: Male - head - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 23: Male - hind tibia - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 24: Male - hind tibia - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background (2)Image 25: Male - terminalia - in normal position - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 26: Male - thorax - lateral view - close-up - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 27: Male - thorax - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background
2: Themira putris (a lesser dung fly)
6 Aug 2013 OSGR: SY68 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Hundreds swarming on bleached, washed up filamentous green seaweed . Photos: Female
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver background (2)Image 4: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - fore femur and tibia - posterior view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Themira putris (a lesser dung fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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