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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesDolichopus nubilus (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 nubilus (a long-legged fly) :
1: Dolichopus nubilus (a long-legged fly)
18 Sep 2014 OSGR: SY68 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
3 males, swept off tidal mud
Image 1: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver background
2: Dolichopus nubilus (a long-legged fly)
6 Aug 2013 OSGR: SY68 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, by sweeping over mud/washed up weed at water’s edge
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - genital capsule - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - genital capsule - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - genital lamellae - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver background
3: Dolichopus nubilus (a long-legged fly)
6 Aug 2013 OSGR: SY68 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, swept from mud/weed at water’s edge
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - abdomen tip - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and thorax - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 11: Female - terminalia - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Gibbs, D. 2006 Dolichopus exicus Loew, 1859 (Diptera, Dolichopodidae) new to Britain discovered in southern England Dipterists Digest (2nd Series) 13: 5-10.

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

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