-Animals (Kingdom Animalia)

-Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)

-Hexapods (Subphylum Hexapoda)

-Insects (Class Insecta)

-Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)

-Flies Order (Diptera)

-Brachyceran Flies (Suborder Brachycera)​

-Cyclorrhaphan Flies (Infraorder Cyclorrhapha)

-​Schizophoran Flies (Zoosection Schizophora)

-​Acalyptrate Flies (Zoosubsection Acalyptratae)

-Superfamily Nerioidea​

-Stilt-legged Flies (Family Micropezidae)

-Subfamily Taeniapterinae

-Genus Cardiacephala

Cardiacephala is a genus of stilt-legged flies in the family Micropezidae. It is an ant mimic. It waves its white-tipped forelegs like ant antennae and has a relatively narrow “wasp waist,” like an ant.