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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Empidoidea » Longlegged Flies (Dolichopodidae) » Sciapodinae » Condylostylus » caudatus group (Condylostylus caudatus group) » Condylostylus flavipes

Species Condylostylus flavipes

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Remarks · See Also
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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
No Taxon (caudatus group)
Species flavipes (Condylostylus flavipes)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Psilopodinus flavipes Aldrich, 1904 (Transactions of the American Entomological Society 30:284)
Psilopus parvicauda Van Duzee, 1927 (Entomological News 38:72)
Condylostylus flavipes
Explanation of Names
Flavipes means yellow feet. Most male Condylostylus, especially those related to caudatus, have black femora.
Identification
Legs mostly yellow and without bristles, mid basitarsus lacking bristles unlike other members of the group, distal segment of hind tarsus enlarged, distal segment of fore and mid tarsi black, abdomen lacking long hairs at the tip.
Range
Eastern United States and southern Canada
Remarks
Very similar to C. banksii, different mainly in the black vs. white fore and mid final tarsal segment.
Also very similar to C. tonsus, which lacks hair on the face and has a normal hind tarsus.
See Also
See Amblypsilopus:
Contributed by John F. Carr on 12 October, 2011 - 3:42pm
Additional contributions by zdanko
Last updated 12 November, 2022 - 6:03pm

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