Empis lutea Meigen, 1804
(a dance fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesEmpis lutea (a dance fly)
GenusEmpis (a genus of dance flies)
FamilyEMPIDIDAE (dance flies, dagger 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 Empis lutea (a dance fly) :
1: Empis lutea (a dance fly)
9 Jun 2012 OSGR: SY68 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, on Nettle leaf
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 2: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - white backgroundImage 3: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - white backgroundImage 4: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - white backgroundImage 5: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 6: Wing - magnified - white background

Empis lutea (a dance fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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