golden Long-legged Fly - Amblypsilopus bicolor

Moved

Moved from Amblypsilopus. A. unifasciatus has less yellow, and fewer complete bands (presumably the origin of its name).

… John F. Carr, 28 January, 2011 - 8:56pm

Thanks, John!!!

… Lynn Bergen, 28 January, 2011 - 11:20pm

Moved

Moved from Condylostylus.

Probably Amblypsilopus unifasciatus (Say).

The gray seems to be common in this subfamily.

… John F. Carr, 13 December, 2010 - 7:02pm

I think this is what we call "probably Pelastoneurus"

Several are filed under Dolichopodinae, including:

and

But - caution! - I'm no expert.

… Ron Hemberger, 14 December, 2008 - 10:59am

Ron

Looking through Taxonomy for "Pelastoneurus" reminds me of when we used to send new Interns to Central Supply to get a Fallopian Tube. None to be found there! Still makes me laugh.

Back to fly business.
These looked close but I couldn't reconcile the wings.

Thanks for always being here to help.
I really need and appreciate the help.

Lynn

… Lynn Bergen, 14 December, 2008 - 7:15pm

My pleasure. Glad to help whenever I can.

LOL! In junior high, a shop teacher had us looking for elbow grease. So a couple years later, we balked when a physics teacher tried to send us in pursuit of vacuum wax! The fun never ceases...

… Ron Hemberger, 14 December, 2008 - 11:41pm

Good laugh in the middle of the night.

Thanks Ron.

… Lynn Bergen, 15 December, 2008 - 1:38am

I enjoyed seeing this again, Lynn.

Thanks to John for reawakening the post with his comment.

… Ron Hemberger, 12 December, 2010 - 9:47pm

Or Condylostylus?

That depressed area between the eyes points towards Condylostylus or maybe one of its relatives.

… John F. Carr, 14 December, 2008 - 11:58am

Probably Amblypsilopus

This is probably Amblypsilopus (i.e. "one of its relatives"); females are harder to identify.

… John F. Carr, 12 December, 2010 - 8:00pm

Condylostylus

Condylostylus is looking pretty good including the wings, as far as I can tell anyway.

Still can't find an exact match, but these flies have not yet been sorted out very much.

Thanks very much, Lynn

… Lynn Bergen, 14 December, 2008 - 7:23pm