Thricops semicinereus (Wiedemann, 1817)
(a muscid fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesThricops semicinereus (a muscid fly)
GenusThricops (a genus of muscid flies)
FamilyMUSCIDAE (muscid flies: house fly, green bottles)
SuperfamilyMUSCOIDEA (dung and house flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Calyptratae (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 Thricops semicinereus (a muscid fly) :
1: Thricops semicinereus (a muscid fly)
30 May 2015 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
c. 10 males, alighted on paper
Image 1: Male - anterior view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver background
2: Thricops semicinereus (a muscid fly)
30 May 2015 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
female, visiting Holly flowers
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver background (2)Image 8: Female - mid and hind coxae - lateral view - microscope low magnification - white background

Thricops semicinereus (a muscid fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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