Syntormon pallipes (Fabricius, 1794)
(a long-legged fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSyntormon pallipes (a long-legged fly)
GenusSyntormon (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 Syntormon pallipes (a long-legged fly) :
1: Syntormon pallipes (a long-legged fly)
20 May 2016 OSGR: SZ19 50° 40’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Male, swept from rushes growing in ditch on upper salt marsh
Image 1: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - lateral view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver background (2)Image 5: Male - fore-parts - antero-lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head and antennae - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head and antennae - antero-lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head and antennae - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - head, antennae and thorax - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - hind basitarsus - anterior view - magnified - silver background

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

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