Argyra diaphana (Fabricius, 1775)
(a long-legged fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesArgyra diaphana (a long-legged fly)
GenusArgyra (a genus of long-legged flies)
FamilyDOLICHOPODIDAE (long-legged flies)
SuperfamilyEMPIDOIDEA (dance flies, dagger flies, long-legged flies)
InfraorderEremoneura - Empidoidea (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 Argyra diaphana (a long-legged fly) :
1: Argyra diaphana (a long-legged fly)
26 May 2014 OSGR: SZ19 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Male, on Sycamore leaf
Image 1: Male terminalia - lateral view - microscope low magnification - white background
2: Argyra diaphana (a long-legged fly)
30 Jun 2006 OSGR: TQ50 50° 50’ N, 0° 10’ E Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14) England
Male, on mud at side muddy pool by woodland path . Photos: in nature on mud; specimen close-ups
Image 1: Male - front three-quarter view - in situ - close-up - enlargedImage 2: Male - latero-dorsal view - in situ - close-up - enlargedImage 3: Male - postero-dorsal view - in situ - close-up - enlargedImage 4: Specimen - lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 5: Specimen - lateral view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 6: Specimen - lateral view - highly enlarged - pale background (2)Image 7: Specimen - lateral view - highly enlarged - pale background (3)Image 8: Specimen - lateral view - highly enlarged - pale background (4)

Argyra diaphana (a long-legged fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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