Atelestus pulicarius (Fallén, 1816)
(a big-footed fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAtelestus pulicarius (a big-footed fly)
FamilyATELESTIDAE (a family of 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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Chvála, M. 1983 The Empidoidea (Diptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark, Part 2: General Part; Families Hybotidae, Atelestidae and Microphoridae Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica, 12, 81pp, E. J. Brill / Scandinavian Science Press Ltd.

Atelestus pulicarius (a big-footed fly) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Atelestus pulicarius (a big-footed fly)
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