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Family Dolichopodidae
- This page contains pictures and information about Band-freed Green Long Legged
Flies that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
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 - Body length 5mm
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- 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.
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recognized this Long-legged Fly by the vein M2 absent on wings but as fold
on membrane. M2 and M1 form a broad U shape.
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- Pictures were taken in Anstead Forest on Dec 2012.
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- Reference:
- 1. 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].
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