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Dolichopodidae
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Dolichopodidae, the long-legged flies, are a large, cosmopolitan family of true flies with more than 8,000 described species in about 250 genera. The genus Dolichopus is the most speciose, with some 600 species.
Species
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FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderDiptera
- FamilyDolichopodidae
長腳虻科（Dolichopodidae）是一種雙翅目的長腳蒼蠅，全世界有超過 7,000 種。 長腳虻科一般都有一雙長腿，但有些沒有。他們的特徵經常有一雙短翅，大大的複眼。長腳虻科與舞虻科十分類似，總稱為舞虻總科。Microphorinae以往一直分類在舞虻科中，曾一度重新分類為獨立的科，現已改為長足虻科下的亞科。
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 35,819
- With media
- 3,174
- Family
- Dolichopodidae
- Collections
- YPM, MHNCA
- Recorded in
- United States, Mexico
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Description
- Biology
- Behaviour
- Evolution and systematics
- Identification
- See also
- Footnotes
- References
- External links
- Species lists
Dolichopodidae, the long-legged flies, are a large, cosmopolitan family of true flies with more than 8,000 described species in about 250 genera. The genus Dolichopus is the most speciose, with some 600 species.
Dolichopodidae generally are small flies with large, prominent eyes and a metallic cast to their appearance, though there is considerable variation among the species. Most have long legs, though some do not. In many species, the males have unusually large genitalia which are taxonomically useful in identifying species. Most adults are predatory on other small animals, though some may scavenge or act as kleptoparasites of spiders or other predators.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dolichopodidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.