Minettia longipennis (Fabricius, 1794)
(a lauxaniid fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMinettia longipennis (a lauxaniid fly)
GenusMinettia (a genus of lauxaniid flies)
FamilyLAUXANIIDAE (lauxaniid flies)
SuperfamilyLAUXANIOIDEA (a superfamily of acalypterate flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Acalyptratae (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 Minettia longipennis (a lauxaniid fly) :
1: Minettia longipennis (a lauxaniid fly)
16 Jun 2013 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Female, at window
Image 1: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - pale background
2: Minettia longipennis (a lauxaniid fly)
7 Jun 2012 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, on south-facing white-painted wood on dull day
Image 1: Antennae - anterior view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 3: Female - head and thorax - antero-dorsal view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 4: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 5: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 6: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 7: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 8: Wing - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 9: Female - head - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - white background

Minettia longipennis (a lauxaniid fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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