Campsicnemus scambus (Fallén, 1823)
(a long-legged fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCampsicnemus scambus (a long-legged fly)
GenusCampsicnemus (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 Campsicnemus scambus (a long-legged fly) :
1: Campsicnemus scambus (a long-legged fly)
31 Mar 2013 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
2 males, on surface of shallow, but established, muddy bog pool
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 2: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - white backgroundImage 3: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - white background (2)Image 4: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 5: Wing - magnified - white backgroundImage 6: Male - head and thorax - dorso-lateral view - microscope low magnification - pale backgroundImage 7: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - microscope low magnification - pale backgroundImage 8: Male - leg 1 (fore leg) - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 9: Male - leg 2 (mid leg) - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 10: Male - leg 2 - basi-tarsus - anterior view - magnified - white backgroundImage 11: Male - leg 2 - basi-tarsus - posterior view - magnified - white backgroundImage 12: Male - leg 3 (hind leg) - microscope low magnification - white background
2: Campsicnemus scambus (a long-legged fly)
12 Apr 1998 OSGR: SU97 51° 30’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Swept off rushes by puddle
Image 1: Lateral view

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

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Campsicnemus scambus (a long-legged fly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Campsicnemus scambus (a long-legged fly)
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