Tachypeza nubila (Meigen, 1804)
(a dance fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTachypeza nubila (a dance fly)
GenusTachypeza (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 Tachypeza nubila (a dance fly) :
1: Tachypeza nubila (a dance fly)
30 May 2013 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, running over stones
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - magnified - grey backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 3: Male - lateral view - close-up - magnified - grey backgroundImage 4: Male - lateral view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 5: Male - ventral view - close-up - magnified - grey background
2: Tachypeza nubila (a dance fly)
18 May 2007 OSGR: TF61 52° 40’ N, 0° 30’ E Vice County: West Norfolk (VC 28) England
Mating pair, on birch trunk
Image 1: Female - abdomen - lateral view - magnifiedImage 2: Female - lateral view - highly enlargedImage 3: Female - ventral view - highly enlargedImage 4: Head and thorax - dorso-lateral view - magnifiedImage 5: Head and thorax - lateral view - magnifiedImage 6: Head and thorax - lateral view - magnified (2)Image 7: Head and thorax - postero-lateral view - magnifiedImage 8: In cop - dorso-lateral view - close-up - enlargedImage 9: In cop - dorso-lateral view - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 10: In cop - rear three-quarter view - close-up - enlargedImage 11: Male - lateral view - highly enlargedImage 12: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged (2)Image 13: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged (3)Image 14: Male - latero-dorsal view - highly enlargedImage 15: Male - latero-dorsal view - highly enlarged (2)Image 16: Male - latero-dorsal view - highly enlarged (3)
3: Tachypeza nubila (a dance fly)
9 May 1997 OSGR: SU57 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on Beech trunk at night
Image 1: Dorsal viewImage 2: Dorsal view (2)Image 3: Dorsal view (3)Image 4: Dorsal view (4)

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

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BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Tachypeza nubila (a dance fly)
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