Liancalus virens (Scopoli, 1763)
(a long-legged fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLiancalus virens (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 Liancalus virens (a long-legged fly) :
1: Liancalus virens (a long-legged fly)
8 Jul 2016 OSGR: SY98 50° 40’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
male, resting on fence post
Image 1: Male - abdomen - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver background (2)Image 4: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver background (2)Image 7: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 13: Wing - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 14: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 15: Male - head - ventro-anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver background
2: Liancalus virens (a long-legged fly)
4 Sep 1978 OSGR: SX68 50° 40’ N, 3° 50’ W Vice County: South Devon (VC 3) England
Elegant, long legged males on rocks at side of stream
Image 1: Male - on rocks at side of streamImage 2: Male - on rocks at side of stream (2)Image 3: Males - on rocks at side of stream

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

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