Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods) ➔ Class Insecta (Insects) ➔ Order Diptera (True flies) ➔ Family Rhinophoridae (Woodlouse flies)

Rhinophora lepida (Meigen, 1824)

Pouting Woodlouse-fly

Synonyms and other combinations:

Tachina lepida Meigen, 1824 [original combination] | Clista heteropalpis Macquart, 1855 | Clista ignota Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1889 | Leucostoma aenescens Zetterstedt, 1844 | Musca parcus Harris, 1780 | Rhinophora gagatea Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 | Rhinophora hottentota Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 | Rhinophora metallica Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 | Rhinophora pusilla Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 | Rhinophora tessellata Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 | Tachina nana Walker, 1853 |

  • Rhinophora lepida, female 4832
    Rhinophora lepida (Meigen, 1824)    Pouting Woodlouse-fly 
    Rhinophora lepida, female, det. Theo Zeegers
    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz; 2011-07-24 12:27:50
    Image number: 4832
    female
    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz
    2011-07-24 12:27:50
    det. Theo Zeegers
  • Rhinophora lepida, female 4833
    Rhinophora lepida (Meigen, 1824)    Pouting Woodlouse-fly 
    Rhinophora lepida, female, det. Theo Zeegers
    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz; 2011-07-24 12:28:02
    Image number: 4833
    female
    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz
    2011-07-24 12:28:02
    det. Theo Zeegers



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. Wood, C.T., , Nihei, S.S., , Araujo, P.B. (2018) Woodlice and their parasitoid flies: revision of Isopoda (Crustacea, Oniscidea) – Rhinophoridae (Insecta, Diptera) interaction and first record of a parasitized Neotropical woodlouse species. ZooKeys 801, 401–414. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.801.26052.
  3. Falk, Steven (2016) British blow flies (Calliphoridae) and woodlouse flies (Rhinophoridae), draft key to British Calliphoridae and Rhinophoridae, March 2016, 1-86.