Rhaphium elegantulum (Meigen, 1824)
(a long-legged fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesRhaphium elegantulum (a long-legged fly)
GenusRhaphium (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 Rhaphium elegantulum (a long-legged fly) :
1: Rhaphium elegantulum (a long-legged fly) IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN
10 Jul 2014 OSGR: SZ19 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Male, swept off riverside mud
Image 1: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver background (2)Image 3: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - microscope low magnification - white background

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

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