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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Empidoidea » Longlegged Flies (Dolichopodidae) » Sciapodinae » Condylostylus » caudatus group (Condylostylus caudatus group) » caudatus group females (Condylostylus caudatus group females)

caudatus group females

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Long-legged fly - Condylostylus - female Condylostylus - female Small red-eyed green fly - Condylostylus Green eyed fly - Condylostylus long-legged fly - Condylostylus - female Long-legged Fly - Condylostylus Golden Fly - Condylostylus - female
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
No Taxon (caudatus group)
No Taxon caudatus group females
Identification
Tapering abdomen and yellow femora. At the moment, we have almost no knowledge of how to identify these to species.

Steyskal(1) claims that the width of the black band on tergite 5 can be used to distinguish between C. caudatus and graenicheri in Florida.
Works Cited
1.Notes on southeastern North American species of Condylostylus and Sciapus (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)
G.C. Steyskal. 1973. The Florida Entomologist, 56 (4): 359-360.
Contributed by Zachary Dankowicz on 6 November, 2021 - 5:28pm

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