Hercostomus germanus (Wiedemann, 1817)
(a long-legged fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHercostomus germanus (a long-legged fly)
GenusHercostomus (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 Hercostomus germanus (a long-legged fly) :
1: Hercostomus germanus (a long-legged fly)
30 Jul 2017 OSGR: SU01 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
Male, visiting Wild Carrot
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - lateral view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Wing - magnified - white backgroundImage 7: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - hypopygium - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background
2: Hercostomus germanus (a long-legged fly)
25 Jul 1999 OSGR: SU36 51° 20’ N, 1° 30’ W Vice County: North Wilts (VC 7) England
at Hogweed flowers
Image 1: Genitalia - lateral viewImage 2: Genitalia - normal positionImage 3: Genitalia - normal position (2)Image 4: Head - dorsal viewImage 5: Head - frontal viewImage 6: Head - lateral viewImage 7: Head - lateral view (2)Image 8: Head - lateral view (3)Image 9: Head - latero-dorsalImage 10: Lateral viewImage 11: Thorax - lateral view

Hercostomus germanus (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 Hercostomus germanus (a long-legged fly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Hercostomus germanus (a long-legged fly)
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