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Light blue metallic long-legged fly - Dolichopus - male
Copyright © 2007 john and jane balaban

Light blue metallic long-legged fly - Dolichopus - Male
Harms Woods Forest Preserve, Glenview, Cook County, Illinois, USA
June 22, 2007
Size: ~6mm

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Contributed by john and jane balaban on 24 June, 2007 - 2:07pm
Last updated 29 December, 2007 - 3:36pm

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Identification
This is a (male) specimen of a Dolichopus species (subfamily Dolichopodinae). With over 310 species, this genus is the most diverse one in the Holarctic (see Pollet et al., 2004; Brooks et al., 2005).
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