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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Empidoidea » Longlegged Flies (Dolichopodidae) » Sciapodinae » Amblypsilopus » Amblypsilopus psittacinus

Species Amblypsilopus psittacinus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range
Amblypsilopus psittacinus - male Amblypsilopus psittacinus - female Amblypsilopus psittacinus - female Amblypsilopus psittacinus - male Amblypsilopus psittacinus - male Amblypsilopus psittacinus - male Amblypsilopus psittacinus Unidentified Long-legged Fly - Amblypsilopus psittacinus - male
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 psittacinus (Amblypsilopus psittacinus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Psilopus psittacinus Loew 1861
Sciapus psittacinus
Identification
Wing of male with long hairs on front edge; front edge nearly straight until angular bend before tip of R2+3 (bend less abrupt or after R2+3 in related species). Females are practically unidentifiable unless associated with males.
Range
Southeast Coastal Plain
Contributed by John F. Carr on 30 November, 2010 - 7:35pm
Last updated 23 December, 2012 - 5:53pm

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