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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Orthorrhapha" (Brachycera excluding Aschiza and Schizophora) » Empidoidea » Longlegged Flies (Dolichopodidae) » Dolichopodinae » Dolichopus
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unknown fly - Dolichopus - female
Copyright © 2007 Gary McDonald

unknown fly - Dolichopus - Female
Aromas, San Benito County, California, USA
October 13, 2007
Size: ~5mm.

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Contributed by Gary McDonald on 14 October, 2007 - 11:21am
Last updated 14 November, 2007 - 9:56am

Moved
Moved from Longlegged Flies.
… Gary McDonald, 14 November, 2007 - 9:53am login or register to post comments

Identification
This is definitely a (female) member of the genus Dolichopus (based on the presence of a dorsal bristle of the hind metatarsus). This genus is the most species rich of this family in the Holarctic (see Pollet et al., 2004; Brooks et al., 2005).
… dr Marc Pollet, 14 November, 2007 - 5:28am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you, Dr. Pollet
Thank you, Dr. Pollet for IDing the genus for this fly, I'll move the images to the Dolichopus page.
… Gary McDonald, 14 November, 2007 - 9:53am login or register to post comments

Stiletto
One of the stiletto flys maybe. But that is just a guess.
… Jon M. Yuschock, 14 October, 2007 - 6:44pm login or register to post comments

 
Longlegged fly
in the family Dolichopodidae . - Chen
… Chen Young, 15 October, 2007 - 1:19pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Chen & Graham
I thought it might be a Dolichopodid but the head has a different shape & the wings are held differently than the only other Dolichopodid I have seen , so I wasn't sure.
… Gary McDonald, 15 October, 2007 - 1:31pm login or register to post comments

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