Xanthochlorus tenellus (Wiedemann, 1817)
(a long-legged fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesXanthochlorus tenellus (a long-legged fly)
GenusXanthochlorus (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 Xanthochlorus tenellus (a long-legged fly) :
1: Xanthochlorus tenellus (a long-legged fly)
31 Jul 2013 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Female, resting on Ivy
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - lateral view - close-up - magnified - white backgroundImage 3: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 4: Female - latero-dorsal view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 5: Wing - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 7: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - microscope low magnification - white background

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

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