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Long-legged Fly - Amblypsilopus dorsalis
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Long-legged Fly - Amblypsilopus dorsalis
Mobile (Dog River), Mobile County, Alabama, USA
July 30, 2010
Size: 4-5mm
Here's a detail showing scutellum. Hope this helps ID

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Long-legged Fly - Amblypsilopus dorsalis - female Long-legged Fly - Amblypsilopus dorsalis
Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 4 August, 2010 - 6:48am
Last updated 30 November, 2010 - 7:21pm

Moved
Moved from Sciapodinae.
… John F. Carr, 30 November, 2010 - 7:21pm

Two pairs of hairs?
I think I see a second hair near the far corner of the scutellum. That would mean two pairs of large hairs, so it could be either Sciapus or Condylostylus. Without an obviously single-paired scutellum the only way to distinguish genera is to summon an expert. The keys lack illustrations of the only reliable character.
… John F. Carr, 23 August, 2010 - 6:24pm

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