Gymnopternus cupreus (Fallén, 1823)
(a long-legged fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesGymnopternus cupreus (a long-legged fly)
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 Gymnopternus cupreus (a long-legged fly) :
1: Gymnopternus cupreus (a long-legged fly)
8 Jun 2014 OSGR: SU20 50° 50’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
2 males, swept off shaded, muddy, vegetated, puddle in track
Image 1: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - lateral view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver background (2)Image 6: Wing - magnified - white backgroundImage 7: Male - left mid-tibia - anterior view - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 8: Male - left mid-tibia - ventral view - microscope low magnification - white background
2: Gymnopternus cupreus (a long-legged fly)
21 Jun 1998 OSGR: SU78 51° 30’ N, 0° 60’ W Vice County: Oxon (VC 23) England
swept from above wet mud
Image 1: Male - lateral view
3: Gymnopternus cupreus (a long-legged fly)
25 May 1998 OSGR: SU56 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
at muddy hole behind pond
Image 1: Male - lateral viewImage 2: Male - lateral view (2)

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

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Gymnopternus cupreus (a long-legged fly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Gymnopternus cupreus (a long-legged fly)
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