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Family Dolichopodidae
- This page contains pictures and information about Green Long-legged Flies
in Subfamily Sciapodinae that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia. They are also known
as Dolichopodid Flies.
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- Long-legged Flies in subfamily Sciapodinae can be recognized by the wing veins, the excavated vertex
on head and the special metallic green body colour. Male Long-legged Fly has
the 360° twisting of the postabdomen.
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- Reduced wing
venation
360° twisting of the male postabdomen.
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They are predator.
Adult Dolichopodid Flies' mouthparts are modified for predation, but not elongated.
They feed on smaller soft body insects such
as aphids. We usually found
those Dolichopodid Flies resting on large leaves. They can
also be found on tree trunks, mud flats and river rocks.
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- Larvae are maggot-like. They are usually found in moist soil and under tree bark. They are either
scavengers or predators of other insects larvae.
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- Followings are those Long-legged Flies that we found in subfamily Sciapodinae. They
are generally recognized by the branched vein M1+2 and excavated vertex, is the largest
Long-legged Fly subfamily in Australia
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- M2X Green Long Legged Fly
 - Mesorhaga yarratt, body length 4mm
- This is a small Green Long-legged Flies. We recognized this fly by its
wing vein M2 absent, without fold or indication on membrane.
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- Band-freed Green Long Legged Fly
 - Parentia
vulgaris, body length 5mm
- This is a medium size Long-legged Fly. It
is metallic green in body colour with bronze reflections on abdomen. There
is no dark bands on abdomen which distinguished them from other Long-legged
Fly species. Legs are dark brown to black in colour. Please check this page
for more information.
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- Large Green Long Legged Fly
- Chrysosoma leucopogon, body length 6mm
- This is the largest Long-legged Fly we found in Brisbane. This fly is commonly seen in our back yard. Its body is metallic green and
its wings are transparent clear. They usually rest on board
leaves looking for small soft-bodied insects. They are common in Brisbane.
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- Blue-greened Long Legged Fly
 - Austrosciapus proximus, body length 5mm
- This medium size Long-legged Fly is metallic blue-green in colour. Head
and body is dusted with dense silvery pruinose.
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information.
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- White-waisted Green Long Legged Fly
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- Austrosciapus zentae, body length 5mm
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his is a medium size Long-legged Fly with golden-yellow-green body colour.
The first abdomen segment is whitish-green. There are two board bands on
wings. Please check this page for more
information.
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- Green Long Legged Fly
 - Austrosciapus connexus, body length 5mm
- This fly is metallic green and
its wings are transparent with black pattern. They are common in Brisbane.
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- Black Long Legged Fly
- Amblypsilopus sp., body length 5mm
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Please check this page for more information.
- Reference:
- 1. Insects
of Australia - CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University
Press, 2nd Edition 1991, p760.
- 2. Insects of Australia and New Zealand - R. J. Tillyard, Angus
& Robertson, Ltd, Sydney, 1926, p365.
- 3. Northern
Territory Insects, A Comprehensive Guide CD - Graham Brown, 2009.
- 4. Dolichopodidae (Longlegged Flies) - Save Our Waterways Now.
- 5. Dolichopodidae - Graeme's Insects of Townsville, Australia.
- 6. Family DOLICHOPODIDAE - Australian Biological Resources Study, Australian Faunal Directory.
- 7. The Australian Sciapodinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with a review of the Oriental and Australasian faunas, and a world conspectus of the subfamily
- Bickel, Daniel J. 1994, records of the Australian Museum, Supplement 21: 1-394 [174].
- 8. On
the Fly, The Interactive Atlas and Key to Australian Fly Families CD Rom
- Hamilton, J. et al. 2006. Brisbane : CBIT & ABRS.
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