Sciapus platypterus (Fabricius, 1805)
(a long-legged fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSciapus platypterus (a long-legged fly)
GenusSciapus (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 Sciapus platypterus (a long-legged fly) :
1: Sciapus platypterus (a long-legged fly)
4 Aug 2017 OSGR: SU20 50° 50’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Female, swept off rushes
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - wings up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver background
2: Sciapus platypterus (a long-legged fly)
10 Jul 2012 OSGR: SD86 54° 0’ N, 2° 20’ W Vice County: Mid-west Yorks (VC 64) England
Female, swept off Ivy on wall
Image 1: Female - lateral view - close-up - magnified - pale backgroundImage 2: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 3: Wing - magnified - white backgroundImage 4: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - pale backgroundImage 5: Female - head - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - pale backgroundImage 6: Female - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - white background

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

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Sciapus platypterus (a long-legged fly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Sciapus platypterus (a long-legged fly)
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