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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Empidoidea » Longlegged Flies (Dolichopodidae) » Sciapodinae » Amblypsilopus » Amblypsilopus scintillans
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Long-legged Fly - Amblypsilopus scintillans - male
Copyright © 2016 Michael L. Morgan

Long-legged Fly - Amblypsilopus scintillans - Male
Highland Lakes, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
August 1, 2016
Size: less than 1/4"

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Long-legged Fly - Amblypsilopus scintillans - male Long-legged Fly - Amblypsilopus scintillans - male
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Contributed by Michael L. Morgan on 8 August, 2016 - 9:31pm
Last updated 9 August, 2016 - 7:44am

Moved
Moved from Amblypsilopus.
… John F. Carr, 9 August, 2016 - 7:44am login or register to post comments

 
thanks for the ID
thanks for the ID
… Michael L. Morgan, 9 August, 2016 - 5:56pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John F. Carr, 9 August, 2016 - 7:43am login or register to post comments

Great photos
Great photos, Michael
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 9 August, 2016 - 6:41am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Robert!
Thanks Robert!
… Michael L. Morgan, 9 August, 2016 - 5:55pm login or register to post comments

Just a thought ...
Dactylomyia is the only ones I can think of with completely yellow legs, and no spines. A specialist will know for sure. BTW this is a male.
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 9 August, 2016 - 6:39am login or register to post comments

 
Wings
Sciapodinae and most Diaphorinae perch with wings spread. Most other Dolichopodidae perch with wings overlapping.
… John F. Carr, 9 August, 2016 - 7:58am login or register to post comments

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