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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesDolichopus pennatus (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 pennatus (a long-legged fly) :
1: Dolichopus pennatus (a long-legged fly)
6 Jun 1998 OSGR: SU36 51° 20’ N, 1° 30’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Lateral viewImage 2: Lateral view (2)Image 3: Lateral view (3)

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

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