Hilara interstincta (Fallén, 1816)
(a balloon-legged fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHilara interstincta (a balloon-legged fly)
GenusHilara (balloon-legged 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 Hilara interstincta (a balloon-legged fly) :
1: Hilara interstincta (a balloon-legged fly)
7 Jun 2016 OSGR: SY68 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
male, in small mixed swarm, over bare, shady woodland stream
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver background
2: Hilara interstincta (a balloon-legged fly) IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN
24 Apr 2016 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
female, swept off Red Currant
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - fore-parts - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Wing - magnified - white backgroundImage 8: Female - head and proboscis - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head and thorax - latero-dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Hilara interstincta (a balloon-legged fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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