Thoracochaeta zosterae (Haliday, 1833)
(a lesser dung fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesThoracochaeta zosterae (a lesser dung fly)
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)
Records of Thoracochaeta zosterae (a lesser dung fly) :
1: Thoracochaeta zosterae (a lesser dung fly)
24 Apr 2013 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, under rotting wrack
Image 1: Male - genitalia - dorso-ventral squash - magnifiedImage 2: Male - sternite 5 - magnified
2: Thoracochaeta zosterae (a lesser dung fly)
21 Apr 2013 OSGR: SY77 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, among rotting seaweed
Image 1: Male - genital capsule - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 2: Male - genital capsule - lateral view - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 3: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - microscope low magnification - grey backgroundImage 4: Male - sternite 5 - ventral view - microscope low magnification - white background
3: Thoracochaeta zosterae (a lesser dung fly)
21 Apr 2013 OSGR: SY77 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, among rotting seaweed
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 2: Female - lateral view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 3: Female - postabdomen - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 4: Female - postabdomen - ventral view - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 5: Female - spermathecae - magnified - white background
4: Thoracochaeta zosterae (a lesser dung fly)
21 Apr 2013 OSGR: SY77 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, among rotting seaweed
Image 1: Female - fore leg - anterior view - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 2: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - pale backgroundImage 3: Female - hind leg - posterior view - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 4: Female - mid leg - anterior view - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 5: Female - mid tibia - anterior view - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 6: Spermothecae - magnifiedImage 7: Spermothecae - magnified (2)Image 8: Spermotheca - magnifiedImage 9: Spermotheca - magnified (2)Image 10: Wing - microscope low magnification - white background
5: Thoracochaeta zosterae (a lesser dung fly)
21 Apr 2013 OSGR: SY77 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
on sand, beside rotting seaweed
Image 1: Puparial exuvia - dorsal view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 2: Puparial exuvia - dorsal view - magnified - grey background (2)Image 3: Puparial exuviae - ventrsal view - magnified - grey background

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

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