Tachydromia arrogans (Linnaeus, 1761)
(a dance fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTachydromia arrogans (a dance fly)
GenusTachydromia Sensu Auctt. (a genus of dance flies)
FamilyHYBOTIDAE (a family of 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 Tachydromia arrogans (a dance fly) :
1: Tachydromia arrogans (a dance fly)
30 May 2013 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
running over Primrose leaves
Image 1: Dorsal view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 2: Lateral view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 3: Head and thorax - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - grey backgroundImage 4: Head and thorax - lateral view - microscope low magnification - grey backgroundImage 5: Head - front three-quarter view - microscope low magnification - white background

Tachydromia arrogans (a dance fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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