Hybos culiciformis (Fabricius, 1775)
(a dance fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHybos culiciformis (a dance fly)
GenusHybos (a genus of dance flies)
FamilyHYBOTIDAE (a family of 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 Hybos culiciformis (a dance fly) :
1: Hybos culiciformis (a dance fly)
30 Jul 2006 OSGR: SU66 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Male, on Water Purslane, with small Phorid prey . Photos: in situ, specimen, close-ups
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 2: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - close-up - magnifiedImage 3: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - close-up - magnifiedImage 4: Male - head - dorsal view - close-up - magnifiedImage 5: Male - head - lateral view - close-up - magnifiedImage 6: Male - hind legs - lateral view - close-up - magnifiedImage 7: Male - in situ - lateral view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 8: Male - in situ - latero-ventral view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 9: Male - lateral view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 10: Male - ventral view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 11: Wing - close-up - highly enlarged
2: Hybos culiciformis (a dance fly)
8 Aug 1997 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
at MV
Image 1: Top and side views

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

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