Poole, Karen E.
Dolichopus
Sign in to saveDolichopus is a large cosmopolitan genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. Adults are small flies, typically less than 8 mm in length. Nearly all species are metallic greenish-blue to greenish-bronze. It is the largest genus of Dolichopodidae with more than 600 species worldwide.
Species
KINGDOM
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderDiptera
- FamilyDolichopodidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 4,159
- With media
- 32
- Family
- Dolichopodidae
- Collections
- UAM
- Recorded in
- United States
Wikidata facts
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- Image
- Dolichopus urbanus.jpg
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- taxon name
- Dolichopus
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- genus
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- Dolichopus
- topic's main category
- Category:Dolichopus
- taxonomic type
- Dolichopus ungulatus
- taxon author citation
- Latreille, 1796
- diel cycle
- diurnality
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Dolichopus is a large cosmopolitan genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. Adults are small flies, typically less than 8 mm in length. Nearly all species are metallic greenish-blue to greenish-bronze. It is the largest genus of Dolichopodidae with more than 600 species worldwide.
The name of the genus (, long, and , foot) refers to the length of the feet of its species.
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