Dolichopus atripes Meigen, 1824
(a long-legged fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesDolichopus atripes (a long-legged fly)
GenusDolichopus (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 Dolichopus atripes (a long-legged fly) :
1: Dolichopus atripes (a long-legged fly)
30 Jun 2013 OSGR: SU10 50° 50’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Male, swept off boggy vegetation in small woodland-edge clearing
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 2: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 3: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 4: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 5: Male - genital capsule - lateral view - microscope low magnification - grey backgroundImage 6: Male - genital capsule - ventral view - microscope low magnification - grey backgroundImage 7: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - white background

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

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