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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Empidoidea » Longlegged Flies (Dolichopodidae) » Sciapodinae » Condylostylus » unidentified black legged (Condylostylus unidentified black legged)
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Condylostylus sp. - Condylostylus - female
Copyright © 2017 Pamela Piombino

Condylostylus sp. - Condylostylus - Female
west of Hover Drive in Longmont by 6 miles, Boulder County, Colorado, USA
September 10, 2017
Sitting on a Helianthus annuus leaf in the hot fall sun.
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Contributed by Pamela Piombino on 10 September, 2017 - 10:14pm
Last updated 11 September, 2017 - 2:49am

Condylostylus sp.
Thanks to both Johns for your comments. I will be on the lookout for any others I see in the yard and post the photos if I get any that aren't frass. Would I add them to the original shot, or post one separately? Again, I love all your help with these difficult i.d's.
Pam
… Pamela Piombino, 11 September, 2017 - 9:02am login or register to post comments

 
Separate
Post different flies separately.

Males have a longer abdomen that is less rounded at the tip. The species characters are on the basitarsus of the fore leg. (Visible leg segments go coxa, femur, tibia, basitarus, tarsomeres 2-5 with the claws attached to tarsomere 5.)
… John F. Carr, 11 September, 2017 - 9:07am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from sipho group.

The sipho group has mostly yellow legs. By location this may be Condylostylus coloradensis, but reliable ID needs a shot of male front legs.
… John F. Carr, 11 September, 2017 - 2:49am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John S. Ascher, 10 September, 2017 - 11:34pm login or register to post comments

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