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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Orthorrhapha" (Brachycera excluding Aschiza and Schizophora) » Empidoidea » Longlegged Flies (Dolichopodidae) » Dolichopodinae » Dolichopus

Genus Dolichopus

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Longlegged Fly Female - Dolichopus - female An unknown species of fly - Dolichopus Doli - Dolichopus Longlegged Fly - Dolichopus Longlegged Fly - Dolichopus Light blue metallic long-legged fly - Dolichopus - male Light blue metallic long-legged fly - Dolichopus - male Long-legged Fly - Dolichopus - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Orthorrhapha" (Brachycera excluding Aschiza and Schizophora))
Superfamily Empidoidea
Family Dolichopodidae (Longlegged Flies)
Subfamily Dolichopodinae
Genus Dolichopus
Explanation of Names
Author: Latreille 1796.
Numbers
Nearctica lists abaout 320 species.
Identification
Adult males often have modified legs, eg. flattened tarsi forming "flags." (For example, see (1)).
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1.long-legged fly
Contributed by Joel Kits on 6 August, 2005 - 7:21pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 12 May, 2009 - 9:45am

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