Verrallia aucta (Fallén, 1817)
(a big-headed fly)

Verrallia aucta (a big-headed fly) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Verrallia aucta (a big-headed fly) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesVerrallia aucta (a big-headed fly)
SubfamilyCHALARINAE (a subfamily of big-headed flies)
FamilyPIPUNCULIDAE (big-headed flies)
SuperfamilySYRPHOIDEA (hover flies, drone flies, flower flies & big-headed flies)
InfraorderEremoneura - Cyclorrhapha (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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Verrallia aucta (a big-headed fly)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Coe, R.L. 1966 Some British species of Chalarus and Verrallia (Diptera: Pipunculidae) Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London. Series B, Taxonomy 35: 149-160.

Verrallia aucta (a big-headed fly) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Verrallia aucta (a big-headed fly):

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