Dolichopodidae (unidentified)
(Unidentified Long-legged Flies)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
UnidentifiedDolichopodidae (unidentified) (Unidentified 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 Dolichopodidae (unidentified) (Unidentified Long-legged Flies) :
1: Dolichopodidae (unidentified) (Unidentified Long-legged Flies)
30 Jun 2006 OSGR: TQ50 50° 50’ N, 0° 10’ E Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14) England
Female, feeding on Chironomid larva on mud at side muddy pool by woodland path . Photos: in nature wrestling with bloodworm larva; close-ups of specimen
Image 1: Feeding on Chironomid larva - anterior view - in situ - enlargedImage 2: Feeding on Chironomid larva - dorsal view - in situ - enlargedImage 3: Feeding on Chironomid larva - dorsal view - in situ - enlarged (2)Image 4: Feeding on Chironomid larva - dorsal view - in situ - enlarged (3)Image 5: Feeding on Chironomid larva - dorso-lateral view - in situ - enlargedImage 6: Feeding on Chironomid larva - front three-quarter view - in situ - enlargedImage 7: Feeding on Chironomid larva - lateral view - in situ - enlargedImage 8: Feeding on Chironomid larva - latero-dorsal view - in situ - enlargedImage 9: Female - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 10: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - pale backgroundImage 11: Female - head - antero-dorsal view - close-up - magnified - pale backgroundImage 12: Female - head - lateral view - close-up - magnified - pale backgroundImage 13: Female - lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 14: Female - lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged - pale background (2)Image 15: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 16: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - pale background (2)
2: Dolichopodidae (unidentified) (Unidentified Long-legged Flies)
9 Jun 1971 OSGR: TG10 52° 40’ N, 1° 10’ E Vice County: East Norfolk (VC 27) England
Male
Image 1: Dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 2: Lateral view - close-up - enlargedImage 3: Lateral view - enlargedImage 4: Laterodorsal view - close-up - enlarged

Dolichopodidae (unidentified) (Unidentified Long-legged Flies) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Dolichopodidae (unidentified) (Unidentified Long-legged Flies)
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