DOLICHOPODIDAE Latreille, 1809
(long-legged flies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Achalcus
a genus of long-legged flies
Genus 1 ident. refs
Aphrosylus
a genus of long-legged flies
Genus 1 ident. refs
Argyra
a genus of long-legged flies
Male (Click to open)
 		Genus 2 subtaxa 17 images 1 ident. refs
Campsicnemus
a genus of long-legged flies
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 		Genus 2 subtaxa 20 images 2 ident. refs
Chrysotus
a genus of long-legged flies
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
Diaphorus
a genus of long-legged flies
Genus 1 ident. refs
Dolichophorus kerteszi
a long-legged fly
Species 1 ident. refs
Dolichopus
a genus of long-legged flies
Male (Click to open)
 		Genus 12 subtaxa 82 images 4 ident. refs
Gymnopternus aerosus
a long-legged fly
Male (Click to open)
 		Species 8 images
Gymnopternus cupreus
a long-legged fly
Male (Click to open)
 		Species 11 images
Gymnopternus metallicus
a long-legged fly
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 		Species 2 images
Hercostomus
a genus of long-legged flies
Male (Click to open)
 		Genus 2 subtaxa 36 images 1 ident. refs
Hydrophorus
a genus of long-legged flies
Female (Click to open)
 		Genus 1 subtaxa 22 images
Liancalus virens
a long-legged fly
Male (Click to open)
 		Species 18 images
Medetera
a genus of long-legged flies
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 		Genus 2 subtaxa 29 images 3 ident. refs
MICROPHORINAE
a subfamily of flies
Subfamily 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
Neurigona
a genus of long-legged flies
Genus 1 ident. refs
Poecilobothrus
a genus of long-legged flies
Female (Click to open)
 		Genus 1 subtaxa 6 images
Rhaphium
a genus of long-legged flies
Male (Click to open)
 		Genus 3 subtaxa 17 images 1 ident. refs
Sciapus
a genus of long-legged flies
Female (Click to open)
 		Genus 1 subtaxa 10 images 1 ident. refs
Syntormon
a genus of long-legged flies
Male (Click to open)
 		Genus 1 subtaxa 10 images 1 ident. refs
Systenus
a genus of long-legged flies
Genus 1 ident. refs
Tachytrechus
a genus of long-legged flies
Male (Click to open)
 		Genus 1 subtaxa 17 images
Thinophilus flavipalpis
a long-legged fly
Species 1 ident. refs
Thinophilus ruficornis
a long-legged fly
Species 1 ident. refs
Xanthochlorus
a genus of long-legged flies
Female (Click to open)
 		Genus 1 subtaxa 7 images 1 ident. refs
Dolichopodidae (unidentified)
Unidentified Long-legged Flies
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 		Unidentified 20 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyDOLICHOPODIDAE (long-legged flies)
SuperfamilyEMPIDOIDEA (dance flies, dagger flies, long-legged flies)
InfraorderEremoneura - Empidoidea (an infraorder of flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Fonseca, E.C.M. d’Assis 1978 Diptera Orthorrhapha Brachycera: Dolichopodidae Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol IX. Part 5, 90pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Grichanov, I.Ya. 2007 A checklist and keys to the Dolichopodidae (Diptera) of the Caucasus and East Mediterranean Plant Protection News Supplement: 1-160.
Grichanov, I.Ya. 2006 A checklist and keys to North European genera and species of Dolichopodidae (Diptera) Plant Protection News Supplement: 1-120.
Grichanov, I.Ya. 2004 Keys to Swedish genera and species of Dolichopodidae International Journal of Dipterological Research Vol 15: ?-161.
Parent, Le Ch. O. 1938 *** Diptère Dolichopodidae ***(Superseded) Faune de France, Faune No 35, 720pp, Fédération Française des Sociétés de Science Naturel

Larvae/Leaf-miners

Pitkin, B. Ellis, W.,Plant, C. & Edmunds, R. The leaf and stem mines of British flies and other insects www.ukflymines.co.uk

DOLICHOPODIDAE (long-legged flies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for DOLICHOPODIDAE (long-legged flies)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for DOLICHOPODIDAE (long-legged flies)
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