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Species Condylostylus longicornis

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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 Condylostylus
Species longicornis (Condylostylus longicornis)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Musca longicornis Fabricius 1775
Psilopus chyrsoprasi Walker 1848-1849
Psilopus chrysoprasius Loew 1861
Psilopus ciliipes Aldrich 1901
Condylostylus denticaudata Van Duzee 1933
Identification
Wings unmarked, except for a brown area near the apex
Femora dark
Hind tibiae dark, mid tibia usually black in males, always yellow in females
Fore tibia brown in both sexes
Fore and mid tibiae with assorted bristles, never as long or uniform as in the mystery species
Males uniquely with a thinly-spaced row of bristles on the mid tibia and basitarsus
Range
Southern USA to Paraguay; Polynensia. Possibly the most widespread species of the genus.