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Species Condylostylus longicornis

Longlegged Fly - Condylostylus longicornis - female

Small Metallic Fly - Condylostylus longicornis - female

Condylostylus sp - Condylostylus longicornis

Condylostylus sp, male - Condylostylus longicornis - male

Family Dolichopodidae -Unknown Species - Condylostylus longicornis - male

Long-legged fly - Condylostylus longicornis

C. longicornis? - Condylostylus longicornis - 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

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.

Contributed by John F. Carr on 24 December, 2010 - 8:23pm
Additional contributions by zdanko
Last updated 3 December, 2022 - 10:30pm

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