Empis vitripennis Meigen, 1822
(a dance fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesEmpis vitripennis (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 vitripennis (a dance fly) :
1: Empis vitripennis (a dance fly) IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN
29 Jun 1975 OSGR: SU93 51° 10’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: Surrey (VC 17) England
Visiting Daisy
Image 1: On Daisy - close-up - highly enlargedImage 2: On Daisy - highly enlarged
2: Empis vitripennis (a dance fly) IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN
29 Jun 1975 OSGR: SU93 51° 10’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: Surrey (VC 17) England
Visiting Daisy
Image 1: On Daisy - close-up - highly enlargedImage 2: On Daisy - highly enlarged

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

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