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Dolichopus

Dolichopus
Dolichopus urbanus.jpg
Dolichopus urbanus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Dolichopodinae
Genus: Dolichopus
Latreille, 1796
Synonyms
  • Eudolichopus Frey, 1915
  • Leucodolichopus Frey, 1915
  • Melanodolichopus Frey, 1915

Dolichopus is a large cosmopolitan genus of fly in 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.


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