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Long-legged Fly - Dolichopus - male
Copyright © 2007 Stephen Luk

Long-legged Fly - Dolichopus - Male
Richmond Hill, York Region, Ontario, Canada
Size: 5 mm
Sorry about lack of information ... it's a specmen from my old collection. I haven't noticed any images showing Dolichopodid males with enlarged terminalia like that in this specimen, so I thought I would post to depict this. Can it be narrowed down any further? Perhaps a Dolichopus?

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Contributed by Stephen Luk on 14 July, 2007 - 8:53pm
Last updated 2 July, 2008 - 5:42pm

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Moved from Longlegged Flies.
… Stephen Luk, 2 July, 2008 - 5:42pm login or register to post comments

Identification
Definitely a male Dolichopus, possibly even D. plumipes (the mid tibia - hard to check here - should have a distinct brown stripe on its dorsal face). D. plumipes is distributed in the Palaearctic, Nearctic, Greenland and Mexico (see Pollet et al., 2004).
… dr Marc Pollet, 14 November, 2007 - 5:48am login or register to post comments

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