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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesRhaphium micans (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 micans (a long-legged fly) :
1: Rhaphium micans (a long-legged fly)
18 Sep 2014 OSGR: SY68 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, swept off tidal mud
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - lateral view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver background

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

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