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

Thoracochaeta (a genus of lesser dung flies) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Thoracochaeta (a genus of lesser dung flies) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Thoracochaeta (a genus of lesser dung flies)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
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:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Thoracochaeta (a genus of lesser dung flies):

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