Tachytrechus consobrinus (Haliday in Walker, 1851)
(a long-legged fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTachytrechus consobrinus (a long-legged fly)
GenusTachytrechus (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 Tachytrechus consobrinus (a long-legged fly) :
1: Tachytrechus consobrinus (a long-legged fly)
30 Jun 2013 OSGR: SU10 50° 50’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Female, on mat of Zygogonium ericetorum, on heathland
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 2: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 3: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 4: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 5: Wing - magnified - white background
2: Tachytrechus consobrinus (a long-legged fly)
30 Jun 2013 OSGR: SU10 50° 50’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
male, on mat of Zygogonium ericetorum, on heathland
Image 1: Male - genital capsule - lateral view - microscope low magnification - grey backgroundImage 2: Male - genital capsule - latero-ventral view - microscope low magnification - grey background
3: Tachytrechus consobrinus (a long-legged fly)
10 Jun 2013 OSGR: SZ08 50° 40’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, on wet mat of Zygogonium ericetorum, on heathland
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 3: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 4: Male - head - anterior view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 5: Male - head, thorax and fore tarsus - lateral view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 6: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 7: Wing - magnified - white backgroundImage 8: Male - fore tarsus - oblique anterior (inner) view - microscope low magnification - pale backgroundImage 9: Male - fore tarsus - posterior (outer) view - microscope low magnification - pale backgroundImage 10: Male - fore tarsus - posterior (outer view) view - microscope low magnification - pale background

Tachytrechus consobrinus (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 Tachytrechus consobrinus (a long-legged fly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Tachytrechus consobrinus (a long-legged fly)
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