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Dolichopodid - Amblypsilopus scintillans - female

Dolichopodid - Amblypsilopus scintillans - Female
Burlington, Chittenden County, Vermont, USA
August 29, 2008

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Moved
Moved from Sciapodinae.

Possibly A. scintillans
This might be the female of Amblypsilopus scintillans.

 
What details
would confirm this?

 
Features
Condylostylus has vertical setae arising from hairy mounds, as in


This is the defining character. Females have smaller mounds.

Some species have facial hair (white in the Northeast), some don't. You can see the white hair below the antennae in the picture above.

Color of hair on tegulae used to be a generic character. The long hairs to the left of the left halter here

can be white or black. It is still a good approximation; there are only a few exceptions.

Layout of bristles on thorax can be useful -- Condylostylus tends to have stronger hairs. Unfortunately there is a lot of overlap and counting hairs is more useful when you have both sexes.

Are the thick segments of the antennae black? I think so, but they're out of focus.

Are there two pairs of long hairs on the scutellum, or one pair with an optional short pair near the outside?

 
Added images
I was thinking these were newer photos, but this was pre-macro lens so the added images are as good as the resolution is going to get on this one. The antennae seem to be all black; I think I'm only seeing one pair of long hairs on the scutellum. It seems like my resolution wouldn't be good enough to show the hairy mounds if they were there.

Moved
Moved from Longlegged Flies.

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