Empis opaca Meigen, 1804
(a dance fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesEmpis opaca (a dance fly)
GenusEmpis (a genus of dance flies)
FamilyEMPIDIDAE (dance flies, dagger 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 Empis opaca (a dance fly) :
1: Empis opaca (a dance fly)
18 May 2013 OSGR: SZ19 50° 40’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Female, visiting Dandelion flowers
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - grey backgroundImage 2: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 3: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 4: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 5: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 6: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 7: Wing - highly enlarged - white background

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

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