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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Muscoidea » House Flies and kin (Muscidae) » Coenosiinae » Limnophorini » Lispe » tentaculata group (Lispe tentaculata group)
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Leggy Creek Fly - Lispe - male
Copyright © 2010 Andy Calderwood

Leggy Creek Fly - Lispe - Male
Upper Ojai, end of Sisar Rd, Ventura County, California, USA
May 13, 2010
Size: 5-6 mm
These curious flies look like and are found with Dolichopodids.

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Contributed by Andy Calderwood on 23 June, 2010 - 11:27pm
Last updated 15 June, 2017 - 10:50pm

It is male. L. tentaculata or
It is male. L. tentaculata or L. patellata
… Nikita Vikhrev, 15 June, 2017 - 12:56pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Lispe.
… John F. Carr, 23 February, 2012 - 8:22pm login or register to post comments

Male?
I've just started reading about these. My first impression is the very short first segment of the fore tarsi is a male secondary sexual character in several species related to Lispe tentaculata.
… John F. Carr, 23 February, 2012 - 7:21pm login or register to post comments

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