sipho group

Classification · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Remarks

Condylostylus sp. - Condylostylus - 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 Condylostylus

No Taxon sipho group

Numbers

Six species: C. sipho (Say), C. scaber (Loew), C. furcatus (Van Duzee), C. brimleyi Robinson, C. viridicoxa (Aldrich), C. longitalus (Van Duzee)

Size

5-6 mm

Identification

Wings marked, often somewhat faded

Femora and tibiae entirely yellow

Range

Eastern North America

Remarks

Six species distinguished by male secondary sexual characters:

sipho has a row of bristles on the mid tibia and not on the mid basitarsus

scaber has a row of bristles on both tibia and basitarsus, and yellow fore coxae

viridicoxa has a row of bristles on both tibia and basitarsus, and non-yellow fore coxae

brimleyi has a plain mid tibia and mid basitarsus covered anteriorly with small, stiff scales, as well as a row of small hairs at the base

furcatus and longitalus do not have long rows of uniformly spaced bristles

Contributed by John F. Carr on 14 December, 2010 - 6:32pm
Additional contributions by zdanko
Last updated 5 December, 2022 - 8:04am

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