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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Empidoidea » Longlegged Flies (Dolichopodidae) » Dolichopodinae » Dolichopus » scapularis group (Dolichopus scapularis group)
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Sympycninae ? - Dolichopus - female
Copyright © 2013 John Rosenfeld

Sympycninae ? - Dolichopus - Female
Allison Park, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA
August 26, 2013
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Contributed by John Rosenfeld on 31 December, 2013 - 7:34pm
Last updated 1 January, 2014 - 7:57am

Moved
Moved from cuprinus group.
… John F. Carr, 1 January, 2014 - 7:57am login or register to post comments

Top view?
I am tentatively putting this in the cuprinus group based on the right-angled bend in M, which is hard to judge from the side. Less likely is the scapularis group, where I think the male from August 15 may end up based on the yellow shoulders.
… John F. Carr, 31 December, 2013 - 8:15pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Dolichopus.
… John F. Carr, 31 December, 2013 - 8:12pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Longlegged Flies.
… John F. Carr, 31 December, 2013 - 8:06pm login or register to post comments

Female Dolichopus
This is a female Dolichopus Was this next to water? Sucking up tiny worms from water's edge is a common pastime in the genus.
… John F. Carr, 31 December, 2013 - 8:05pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes
at the edge of a lake where it is fed by a stream. I wish I could have gotten more shots of this attractive fly but this was the only one.
… John Rosenfeld, 31 December, 2013 - 8:33pm login or register to post comments

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