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Species Condylostylus comatus

Metallic Fly - Condylostylus comatus - male Long-legged Fly - Condylostylus comatus - male Condylostylus comatus group - Condylostylus comatus long-legged fly - Condylostylus comatus - male Family Dolichopodidae -Unknown Species - Condylostylus comatus - male Family Dolichopodidae -Unknown Species - Condylostylus comatus - male Mating Long-legged Flies - Condylostylus comatus - male - female Condylostylus - Condylostylus comatus - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Orthorrhapha)
Superfamily Empidoidea
Family Dolichopodidae (Longlegged Flies)
Subfamily Sciapodinae
Genus Condylostylus
No Taxon (comatus group)
Species comatus (Condylostylus comatus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Psilopus comatus Loew
Chrysosoma comatus
Condylostylus comatus
Identification
There is one other similar Eastern species of Condylostylus. Females are indistinguishable. Males of C. comatus differ by having a row of hairs on the mid metatarsus and pale genital appendages. C. crinitus has an all-dark hypopygium and lacks the short bristles on the mid tarsi.

C. crinitus also has a more southerly distribution.
Range
Eastern USA