Thoracochaeta Duda, 1918
(a genus of lesser dung flies)

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Thoracochaeta zosterae
a lesser dung fly
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Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusThoracochaeta (a genus of lesser dung flies)
SubfamilyLIMOSININAE (a subfamily of lesser dung flies)
FamilySPHAEROCERIDAE (lesser dung flies)
SuperfamilySPHAEROCEROIDEA (a superfamily of acalypterate 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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Roháček, J. & Marshall, S.A. 2000 A world revision of the seaweed fly genus Thoracochaeta Duda (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae: Limosininae). Part 2: Palaearctic species Studia Dipterologica Vol 7(2): 313-372.

Thoracochaeta (a genus of lesser dung flies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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