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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Empidoidea » Longlegged Flies (Dolichopodidae) » Diaphorinae
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Long-legged Fly-ish
Copyright © 2011 Yurika Alexander

Long-legged Fly-ish
Atco, Camden County, New Jersey, USA
May 6, 2011
Size: 3mm?
Sorry for poor quality...
Something in Dolichopodidae?
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Contributed by Yurika Alexander on 6 May, 2011 - 2:30pm
Last updated 20 October, 2012 - 8:28pm

Moved
Moved from Longlegged Flies.
… John F. Carr, 20 October, 2012 - 8:28pm login or register to post comments

Maybe Chrysotus cornutus
This may be Chrysotus cornutus or a related species. I would need a closer picture and more angles to tell.
… John F. Carr, 3 July, 2012 - 5:44pm login or register to post comments

Likely Chrysotus
This is very likely Chrysotus like mine from this morning

but I don't consider myself qualified to make the ID. (I got expert confirmation before submitting that one.)
… John F. Carr, 27 May, 2011 - 6:59pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.

Thank you both! I'll move to Dolichopodidae.
… Yurika Alexander, 6 May, 2011 - 4:49pm login or register to post comments

Maybe Diaphorinae
The ones with that shape tend to be Diaphorinae.
… John F. Carr, 6 May, 2011 - 4:44pm login or register to post comments

Dolichopodidae, yes
other may take it a notch or two further
… v belov, 6 May, 2011 - 4:31pm login or register to post comments

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