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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesDolichopus vitripennis (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 vitripennis (a long-legged fly) :
1: Dolichopus vitripennis (a long-legged fly)
10 Jun 2013 OSGR: SZ08 50° 40’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, on wet bare peat
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 - pale backgroundImage 6: Male - genital capsule - latero-ventral view - microscope low magnification - pale backgroundImage 7: Male - genital lobes - ventrral view - microscope low magnification - pale backgroundImage 8: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - pale background

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

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