Empis trigramma Wiedemann in Meigen, 1822
(a dance fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesEmpis trigramma (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 trigramma (a dance fly) :
1: Empis trigramma (a dance fly)
4 May 1997 OSGR: SU57 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
at MV
Image 1: Female - dorsal viewImage 2: Female - lateral view
2: Empis trigramma (a dance fly)
4 May 1997 OSGR: SU57 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Male - dorsal viewImage 2: Male - lateral view
3: Empis trigramma (a dance fly)
4 May 1974 OSGR: SE65 53° 60’ N, 1° 0’ W Vice County: South-east Yorks (VC 61) England
Male
Image 1: Male - anterior view - enlargedImage 2: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - highly enlargedImage 3: Male - lateral view - close-up - enlargedImage 4: Male - lateral view - enlarged

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

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