Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods) ➔ Class Insecta (Insects) ➔ Order Diptera (True flies) ➔ Family Pallopteridae (Flutter-wing flies )

Palloptera umbellatarum (Fabricius, 1775)

Four-spotted Flutter Fly

Synonyms and other combinations:

Musca umbellatarum Fabricius, 1775 |

  • Palloptera umbellatarum 6275
    Palloptera umbellatarum (Fabricius, 1775)    Four-spotted Flutter Fly 
    Palloptera umbellatarum, det. John Smit
    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz; 2013-08-07 17:59:33
    Image number: 6275

    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz
    2013-08-07 17:59:33
    det. John Smit
  • Palloptera umbellatarum 11089
    Palloptera umbellatarum (Fabricius, 1775)    Four-spotted Flutter Fly 
    Palloptera umbellatarum
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald; 2023-06-21 11:12:32
    Image number: 11089

    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald
    2023-06-21 11:12:32

Further vernacular names:
Four-spotted Fly
Distribution:
Europe

References, further reading, links:
  1. de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.) (2013) Fauna Europaea version 2.6.2 Web Service available online at https://fauna-eu.org/
  2. Günter Morge: Die Lonchaeidae und Pallopteridae Österreichs und der angrenzenden Gebiete. Eine Revision auf der Grundlage der Linzer Sammlungen und anderer österreichischer Kollektionen. 2. Teil: Die Pallopteridae. Naturkundliches Jahrbuch der Stadt Linz (Linz). 1967. Band 13. 141-212
  3. Ozerov, A. L. (2009). Review of the family Pallopteridae (Diptera) of the Fauna of Russia. Russian Entomol. J. 18(2): 129-146.