Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods) ➔ Class Insecta (Insects) ➔ Order Diptera (True flies) ➔ Family Conopidae (Thick-headed flies)

Physocephala vittata (Fabricius, 1794)

Helle Stieldickkopffliege

Synonyms and other combinations:

Conops vittata Fabricius, 1794 | Conops dorsalis Wiedemann, 1824 | Conops fraterna Loew, 1847 | Conops semiatrata Costa, 1844 | Conops solaeformis Gimmerthal, 1842 | Empis petiolata Poda, 1761 | Physocephala abdominalis Krober, 1915 | Physocephala detecta Becker, 1913 | Physocephala immaculata Krober, 1939 | Physocephala semirufa Krober, 1915 |

  • Physocephala vittata 4915
    Physocephala vittata (Fabricius, 1794)  Helle Stieldickkopffliege   
    Physocephala vittata, det. Sundew
    GR, Korfu, Dassia; 2011-09-02 10:59:22
    Image number: 4915

    GR, Korfu, Dassia
    2011-09-02 10:59:22
    det. Sundew
  • Physocephala vittata 4916
    Physocephala vittata (Fabricius, 1794)  Helle Stieldickkopffliege   
    Physocephala vittata, det. Sundew
    GR, Korfu, Dassia; 2011-09-02 10:59:04
    Image number: 4916

    GR, Korfu, Dassia
    2011-09-02 10:59:04
    det. Sundew
  • Physocephala vittata 5901
    Physocephala vittata (Fabricius, 1794)  Helle Stieldickkopffliege   
    Physocephala vittata
    GR, Korfu, Dassia; 2011-09-07 14:41:47
    Image number: 5901

    GR, Korfu, Dassia
    2011-09-07 14:41:47

Classification:
Physocephala vittata belongs to the subfamily Conopinae.

References, further reading, links:
  1. Pape T. & Thompson F.C. (eds) (2017). Systema Dipterorum (version 2.0, Jan 2011). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2017 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds.). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2017. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X.
  2. Mark van Veen: Conopidae of Northwest Europe
  3. El-Hawagry, Magdi & Soliman, Ahmed & Mohammed, Hathal. (2021). The family Conopidae (Diptera) in Egypt and Saudi Arabia. Biodiversity Data Journal. 9. 1-41. 10.3897/BDJ.9.e60287.
  4. Wikipedia: Physocephala vittata