Hercostomus nigripennis (Fallén, 1823)
(a long-legged fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHercostomus nigripennis (a long-legged fly)
GenusHercostomus (a genus of long-legged flies)
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 Hercostomus nigripennis (a long-legged fly) :
1: Hercostomus nigripennis (a long-legged fly)
4 Aug 2017 OSGR: SU20 50° 50’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Male, swept off rushes
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - genitalia - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background
2: Hercostomus nigripennis (a long-legged fly)
30 Jun 2013 OSGR: SU10 50° 50’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
2 males, visiting Tormentil
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: Head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 7: Male - genital capsule - lateral view - microscope low magnification - grey backgroundImage 8: Male - genital capsule - lateral view - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 9: Male - genital capsule - ventral view - microscope low magnification - grey background
3: Hercostomus nigripennis (a long-legged fly)
30 Jun 2013 OSGR: SU10 50° 50’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
female, visiting Tormentil
Image 1: Female - lateral view - close-up - magnified - pale backgroundImage 2: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - pale background
4: Hercostomus nigripennis (a long-legged fly)
21 Jun 1998 OSGR: SU68 51° 30’ N, 0° 60’ W Vice County: Oxon (VC 23) England
swept from Lesser Stitchwort
Image 1: Male - lateral viewImage 2: Male - lateral view (2)
5: Hercostomus nigripennis (a long-legged fly)
21 Jun 1998 OSGR: SU68 51° 30’ N, 0° 60’ W Vice County: Oxon (VC 23) England
swept from Lesser Stitchwort
Image 1: Female - lateral view

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

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Hercostomus nigripennis (a long-legged fly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Hercostomus nigripennis (a long-legged fly)
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