Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods) ➔ Class Insecta (Insects) ➔ Order Diptera (True flies) ➔ Family Ulidiidae (Picture-winged flies)

Ceroxys urticae (Linnaeus, 1758)

Band-winged Wingwaver

Synonyms and other combinations:

Musca urticae Linnaeus, 1758 | Ceroxys euzonus Steyskal, 1968 |

  • Ceroxys urticae 1138
    Ceroxys urticae (Linnaeus, 1758)    Band-winged Wingwaver 
    Ceroxys urticae, conf. Elena Kameneva
    ES, Mallorca, S'Albufera; 2009-09-13 10:19:27
    Image number: 1138

    ES, Mallorca, S'Albufera
    2009-09-13 10:19:27
    conf. Elena Kameneva
  • Ceroxys urticae 1144
    Ceroxys urticae (Linnaeus, 1758)    Band-winged Wingwaver 
    Ceroxys urticae
    ES, Mallorca, S'Albufera; 2009-09-18 10:19:51
    Image number: 1144

    ES, Mallorca, S'Albufera
    2009-09-18 10:19:51
  • Ceroxys urticae 1139
    Ceroxys urticae (Linnaeus, 1758)    Band-winged Wingwaver 
    Ceroxys urticae
    ES, Mallorca, S'Albufera; 2009-09-16 13:40:26
    Image number: 1139

    ES, Mallorca, S'Albufera
    2009-09-16 13:40:26
  • Ceroxys urticae, female 1142
    Ceroxys urticae (Linnaeus, 1758)    Band-winged Wingwaver 
    Ceroxys urticae, female
    ES, Mallorca, S'Albufera; 2009-09-18 10:22:09
    Image number: 1142
    female
    ES, Mallorca, S'Albufera
    2009-09-18 10:22:09
  • Ceroxys urticae, female 1143
    Ceroxys urticae (Linnaeus, 1758)    Band-winged Wingwaver 
    Ceroxys urticae, female
    ES, Mallorca, S'Albufera; 2009-09-18 10:21:47
    Image number: 1143
    female
    ES, Mallorca, S'Albufera
    2009-09-18 10:21:47

Classification:
Ceroxys urticae belongs to the subfamily Otitinae, tribe Otitini.

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. Steven Falk: Ulidiidae (wing-waving flies)