Ochthera mantis (De Geer, 1776)
(Mantis Fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesOchthera mantis (Mantis Fly)
GenusOchthera (a genus of shore flies)
FamilyEPHYDRIDAE (shore flies)
SuperfamilyEPHYDROIDEA (fruit and shore 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)
Records of Ochthera mantis (Mantis Fly) :
1: Ochthera mantis (Mantis Fly)
30 Jun 2013 OSGR: SU10 50° 50’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
swept off mud and low vegetation by acid pond
Image 1: Abdomen and scutellum - dorsal view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 2: Anterior view showing raptorial forelegs - magnified - grey backgroundImage 3: Dorsal view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 4: Head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 5: Head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 6: Head - anterior view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 7: Lateral view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 8: Wing - magnified - white backgroundImage 9: Foreleg - femur and tibia - posterior view - microscope low magnification - white background

Ochthera mantis (Mantis Fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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