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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Empidoidea » Longlegged Flies (Dolichopodidae) » Dolichopodinae » Dolichopus » eudactylus group (Dolichopus eudactylus group)
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Long-legged fly - Dolichopus - male
Copyright © 2006 tom murray

Long-legged fly - Dolichopus - Male
Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
June 11, 2006
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Contributed by tom murray on 12 June, 2006 - 9:29pm
Last updated 26 August, 2011 - 8:04pm

Moved
Moved from Dolichopus.
… John F. Carr, 26 August, 2011 - 8:04pm login or register to post comments

Same as...
Likely the same species as
… John F. Carr, 11 August, 2011 - 3:11pm login or register to post comments

 
Different species
The other fly's wing has a swelling where R1 meets C. This does not. Possibly that is eudactylus and this is tonsus.
… John F. Carr, 11 December, 2011 - 4:32pm login or register to post comments

 
That would be nice
Having 2 new species added to the guide.
… tom murray, 11 December, 2011 - 4:37pm login or register to post comments

 
Looks the same to me
Now we just need to find out what it is. If only we could get one of the dipterists to take voucher specimens:-)
… tom murray, 11 August, 2011 - 3:24pm login or register to post comments

 
Other angles?
Do you have a shot from which you can judge "hind femora ciliated on lower inner edge"?
… John F. Carr, 11 August, 2011 - 3:40pm login or register to post comments

 
No other angles
Just one other picture almost identical to this one, but smaller.
… tom murray, 11 August, 2011 - 3:51pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Thank you dr Pollet!
… tom murray, 8 December, 2006 - 10:14am login or register to post comments

Identification
Yes, indeed, definitely a Dolichopus species (male), recognized by the enlarged and modified apical tarsomeres of leg I.
… dr Marc Pollet, 8 December, 2006 - 5:48am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… Eric R. Eaton, 1 December, 2006 - 2:50pm login or register to post comments

Right family.
I'm not enough of an expert to go beyond family level on these, but it is a great image! Moving to family page for now.
… Eric R. Eaton, 1 December, 2006 - 2:49pm login or register to post comments

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