Empis tessellata Fabricius, 1794
(a dance fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesEmpis tessellata (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 tessellata (a dance fly) :
1: Empis tessellata (a dance fly)
13 May 2012 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 0’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Female, visiting Wood Spurge flowers
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - white backgroundImage 2: Female - latero-dorsal view - white backgroundImage 3: Female - dorsal view - close-up - white backgroundImage 4: Female - face - anterior view - magnified - white backgroundImage 5: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 6: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - white backgroundImage 7: Female - head - antero-lateral view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 8: Female - head - lateral view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 9: Wing - transmitted light - highly enlarged - white background
2: Empis tessellata (a dance fly)
13 May 2012 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 0’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Male, visiting Wood Spurge flowers
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 2: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 3: Male - head - dorsal view - magnified - white backgroundImage 4: Male - head - lateral view - magnified - white backgroundImage 5: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 6: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - white background (2)Image 7: Male - terminalia - lateral view - magnified - white backgroundImage 8: Male - terminalia - ventral view - magnified - white backgroundImage 9: Male - thorax - dorsal view - magnified - white background
3: Empis tessellata (a dance fly)
5 May 2007 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Oxon (VC 23) England
visiting Hawthorn flowers
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 2: Male - latero-dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 3: Male - rear three-quarter view - close-up - enlarged
4: Empis tessellata (a dance fly)
17 May 1997 OSGR: SU56 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
in flight
Image 1: Female - dorsal viewImage 2: Female - lateral view
5: Empis tessellata (a dance fly)
22 May 1977 OSGR: SU83 51° 0’ N, 0° 50’ W Vice County: North Hants (VC 12) England
Female
Image 1: Female - lateral view - in situ - enlargedImage 2: Female - lateral view - in situ - enlarged (2)

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

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