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Species Amblypsilopus scintillans

Longlegged Fly - Amblypsilopus scintillans - female Condylostylus? Yellow legs, white face - Amblypsilopus scintillans Dolichopodid - Amblypsilopus scintillans Condylostylus? - Amblypsilopus scintillans - male Dolichopodid - Amblypsilopus scintillans - female Amblypsilopus scintillans? - Amblypsilopus scintillans Amblypsilopus scintillans Amblypsilopus scintillans? - Amblypsilopus scintillans - 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 Amblypsilopus
Species scintillans (Amblypsilopus scintillans)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Psilopus scintillans Loew 1861
Sciapus scintillans
Sciapus dubiosus Van Duzee 1932
Amblypsilopus scintillans
Identification
Body shining, legs long and mostly yellow. Distinguished from other Sciapus and Amblypsilopus by the combination of completely dark antennae, coxae 2 and 3 of male black (yellow or weakly darkened in female), costa of wing of normal shape (vs. notched in costalis), body shining (dulled in pollinosus), and tibia 2 of male without row of bristles.
Range
Eastern USA