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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Empidoidea » Longlegged Flies (Dolichopodidae) » Sciapodinae » Sciapus
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Longlegged maybe?? - Sciapus - female
Copyright © 2008 Jason W.

Longlegged maybe?? - Sciapus - Female
Altamonte Springs, Seminole County, Florida, USA
October 19, 2008
Not the most focused shot, but simply beautiful.
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Contributed by Jason W. on 19 October, 2008 - 5:09pm
Last updated 5 January, 2023 - 10:56am

Moved
S. pallens or S. wiedemanni
… Zachary Dankowicz, 5 January, 2023 - 10:24am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Longlegged Flies.

Maybe Sciapus.
… John F. Carr, 1 December, 2010 - 5:01pm login or register to post comments

 
all in the guide are more slender
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… John S. Ascher, 5 October, 2014 - 11:42am login or register to post comments

 
Mostly males
Most of the Sciapus in the guide are males, which are more slender in Sciapodinae in general and especially in a few Sciapus and tropical Condylostylus.

Females of at least one Sciapus have the yellow at base of abdomen. So do several Amblypsilopus.

A little closer look would show the generic characters (shape of flagellomere, shape of bend in fork of M, presence or absence of preapical bristles on hind femora).
… John F. Carr, 5 October, 2014 - 1:03pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… Joel Kits, 7 November, 2008 - 8:09pm login or register to post comments

Very pretty
Looks like longlegged, but what spectacular color! Makes even the dazzling blue metallic ones look drab.
… Ron Hemberger, 19 October, 2008 - 9:58pm login or register to post comments

 
Dolichopodidae for sure, but
Dolichopodidae for sure, but that's as far as I can go.
… Lucas, 3 November, 2008 - 4:16pm login or register to post comments

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