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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Empidoidea » Longlegged Flies (Dolichopodidae) » Rhaphiinae » Rhaphium » Rhaphium vanduzeei
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Longlegged Fly - Rhaphium vanduzeei - female
Copyright © 2015 John Rosenfeld

Longlegged Fly - Rhaphium vanduzeei - Female
Allison Park, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA
September 4, 2015
Gymnopternus?

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Longlegged Fly - Rhaphium vanduzeei - female Longlegged Fly - Rhaphium vanduzeei
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Contributed by John Rosenfeld on 4 September, 2015 - 7:24pm
Last updated 2 December, 2021 - 8:04pm

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OK. I keyed my specimens with Robinson and Curran and have had some conflicting results. R. vanduzeei should have pale calypteral setae, but my male has mostly black setae (I don't know if a mix of black setae rules this out). Female vanduzeei should have yellow hind femur, but my specimen and this specimen have the apical portion black dorsally. The male genitalia of my specimen seems to match nothing but vanduzeei.

Robinson (the more recent key) has my specimens out to vanduzeei, so that is where I am tentatively placing them (mentally).

I am rather confused and will look closely at specimens in the USNM when I next visit.
… Zachary Dankowicz, 15 May, 2023 - 7:49pm login or register to post comments

Rhaphium vanduzeei Curran, female
Moved from Rhaphium. ID'd from specimen, now a photo-voucher. Thanks John.
… Brad Barnd, 2 December, 2021 - 6:20pm login or register to post comments

 
Just curious: how was this fe
Just curious: how was this female identified to species seeing as brevilamellatum female is unknown and likely looks very similar?
… Zachary Dankowicz, 9 May, 2023 - 5:32pm login or register to post comments

 
Should be a "tentative ID"
Should be a "tentative ID" I suppose. Keys to vanduzeei using Robinson's key, which of course doesn't include the unknown brevilamellatum female. I may not have realized there was a close species when I keyed it.

While an argument can be made to leave this at the genus level, I think the odds are pretty good it is R. vanduzeei. R. vanduzeei is, based on collection records, widely distributed while R. brevilamellatum only has two collections, both in coastal localities (VA & NS), per Pollet's catalogue.

P.S. Would like to find a pdf of Curran's 1926-27 treatment of the genus if you know where to get one.
… Brad Barnd, 9 May, 2023 - 7:32pm login or register to post comments

 
I found it here with a bit if digging
Google Books
… John Rosenfeld, 9 May, 2023 - 8:28pm login or register to post comments

 
That is only the first half,
That is only the first half, the "concl." of the paper was published a year later and is not online in pdf form anywhere. I have access to a copy at the USNM reprint library which I will check.
… Zachary Dankowicz, 9 May, 2023 - 8:34pm login or register to post comments

 
Online now
I filed a support ticket with Google (saying it should be public domain) and got a surprisingly quick response. The volume with part 2 is now fully accessible.

https://books.google.com.ph/books?id=JdQXAQAAIAAJ
… Brad Barnd, 15 May, 2023 - 4:36pm login or register to post comments

 
Ah, awesome!! Thanks for doin
Ah, awesome!! Thanks for doing that. I forgot 1927 is now public. Annoying that I can't download it, though.
… Zachary Dankowicz, 15 May, 2023 - 6:59pm login or register to post comments

 
Here you go!
https://1drv.ms/b/s!AmYUlnSn1uwPgZcztewOBlcvVRx3Zw?e=vAQbjy
… Brad Barnd, 15 May, 2023 - 8:18pm login or register to post comments

 
!!!
the best
… Zachary Dankowicz, 15 May, 2023 - 8:20pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Longlegged Flies.
… John F. Carr, 4 September, 2015 - 7:47pm login or register to post comments

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