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Species Amblypsilopus dorsalis

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Orthorrhapha)
Superfamily Empidoidea
Family Dolichopodidae (Longlegged Flies)
Subfamily Sciapodinae
Genus Amblypsilopus
Species dorsalis (Amblypsilopus dorsalis)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Psilopus dorsalis Loew 1866
Sciapus dorsalis
Condylostylus viridivittatus Robinson 1960
Amblypsilopus dorsalis
Identification
Base of antenna yellow. Usual shining color of Sciapodinae obscured by yellowish dusting. Thorax with central metallic stripe.
Range
Southeast USA and Cuba