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Species Condylostylus tonsus

Condylostylus - Condylostylus tonsus - male Condylostylus tonsus - female Tiny Colorful Common Fly - Condylostylus tonsus
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
Species tonsus (Condylostylus tonsus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Psilopus tonsus Aldrich, 1901
Condylostylus tonsus
Size
4 mm
Identification
Wings similar to caudatus group (unmarked and with rounded M1), face bare, tarsi unornamented, fore basitarsus less than three times as long as second segment, femora and tibiae yellow except tip of hind femur may be darkened.

Most similar to C. flavipes in the caudatus group, differing in that the face is bare and the hind tarsus is not swollen.
Range
Mexico and Southeast USA