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Family Tanypezidae

a dancing fly with long legs - Tanypeza a dancing fly with long legs - Tanypeza - female Diptera. - Tanypeza - female Tanypezid Fly - Tanypeza longimana - male fly on log - Tanypeza - female fly on log - Tanypeza - female Diptera. - Tanypeza longimana - female Unidentified Fly - Tanypeza
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")
Superfamily Diopsoidea
Family Tanypezidae
Explanation of Names
Tanypezidae Rondani 1856
Numbers
2 spp. in a single genus in our area(1), ~70 spp. in 5 genera total(2)
Size
5-7 mm(1)
Range
in our area, ne. US(1)
Remarks
rare, poorly known(1)