Medetera jacula (Fallén, 1823)
(a long-legged fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMedetera jacula (a long-legged fly)
GenusMedetera (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 Medetera jacula (a long-legged fly) :
1: Medetera jacula (a long-legged fly)
9 Aug 2014 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
1 male and 2 females, swept off Sea Purslane
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - head amd thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head - lateral view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - lateral view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - lateral view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 11: Wing - magnified - white backgroundImage 12: Female - face - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 14: Male - genitalia - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background
2: Medetera jacula (a long-legged fly)
10 Aug 2006 OSGR: SK15 53° 0’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: Staffs (VC 39) England
Female, on wall of house
Image 1: Female - in situ - lateral view - highly enlargedImage 2: Female - in situ - lateral view - highly enlarged (2)Image 3: Head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 4: Head and thorax - latero-ventral view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 5: Head - antero-lateral view - close-up - magnified - pale backgroundImage 6: Head - antero-lateral view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 7: Specimen - lateral view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 8: Specimen - lateral view - highly enlarged - pale background (2)Image 9: Specimen - lateral view - highly enlarged - pale background (3)Image 10: Specimen - lateral view - highly enlarged - pale background (4)Image 11: Thorax - dorsal view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 12: Wings - dorsal view - magnified - pale background

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

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