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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Empidoidea » Longlegged Flies (Dolichopodidae) » Sciapodinae » Condylostylus » Condylostylus longicornis
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Metallic fly - Condylostylus longicornis - male
Copyright © 2009 Nick Richter

Metallic fly - Condylostylus longicornis - Male
Irvine, Orange County, California, USA
April 25, 2009
Size: Small-- 7mm?

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Contributed by Nick Richter on 4 May, 2009 - 1:55pm
Last updated 24 December, 2010 - 8:33pm

Moved
Moved from Condylostylus.
… John F. Carr, 24 December, 2010 - 8:33pm login or register to post comments

Second species
A newer catalog records Condylostylus longicornis from California, presumably from Southern California because it is mainly neotropical. I think that is what you have.
… John F. Carr, 24 December, 2010 - 8:10pm login or register to post comments

Not sure
There is only one species of Condylostylus in California but we may have two in the guide. The Orange County photos have pale fore tibia. There may be a difference in leg bristles too. I need to find out whether that is variation or a distinct species.

The officially present species is C. occidentalis (Bigot) = C. pilicornis (Aldrich).
… John F. Carr, 20 December, 2010 - 6:08pm login or register to post comments

dolichopodid (Condylostylus?)
nice shots
… v belov, 4 May, 2009 - 2:06pm login or register to post comments

 
I was wondering how to tell t
I was wondering how to tell this fly from a muscid.
… Nick Richter, 6 May, 2009 - 11:34am login or register to post comments

 
That query is above my pay grade.
Hopefully, someone with more knowledge will have an answer. Muscids give me fits, and we've had a lot of them misidentified here. (FYI, I'm best with SoCal syrphids.)
… Ron Hemberger, 6 May, 2009 - 6:09pm login or register to post comments

 
Agreed on both counts.
Lots of these out and about now.
… Ron Hemberger, 4 May, 2009 - 5:14pm login or register to post comments

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