Gymnopternus aerosus (Fallen, 1823)
(a long-legged fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesGymnopternus aerosus (a long-legged fly)
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 Gymnopternus aerosus (a long-legged fly) :
1: Gymnopternus aerosus (a long-legged fly)
30 Jun 2013 OSGR: SU10 50° 50’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Two males, swept off boggy vegetation in small woodland-edge clearing
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - magnified - pale backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 3: Male - lateral view - close-up - magnified - pale backgroundImage 4: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 5: Wing - magnified - white backgroundImage 6: Male - genital capsule - lateral view - microscope low magnification - grey backgroundImage 7: Male - genital capsule - ventral view - microscope low magnification - grey backgroundImage 8: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - pale background

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

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