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Long-legged Flies
Dolichopodidae
Dolichopodidae, the long-legged flies, are a large, cosmopolitan family of true flies with more than 7,000 described species in about 230 genera. The genus Dolichopus is the most speciose, with some 600 species.
24 branches of this family, most-observed first
Sciapodinae
subfamilySciapodinae
Dolichopodinae
subfamilyDolichopodinae
Diaphorinae
subfamilyDiaphorinae
Medeterinae
subfamilyMedeterinae
Hydrophorinae
subfamilyHydrophorinae
Neurigoninae
subfamilyNeurigoninae
Sympycninae
subfamilySympycninae
Rhaphiinae
subfamilyRhaphiinae
Plagioneurinae
subfamilyPlagioneurinae
Peloropeodinae
subfamilyPeloropeodinae
Xanthochlorinae
subfamilyXanthochlorinae
Microphorinae
subfamilyMicrophorinae
Achalcinae
subfamilyAchalcinae
Parathalassiinae
subfamilyParathalassiinae
Tenuopodinae
subfamilyTenuopodinae
Keirosoma
genusKeirosoma
Stolidosomatinae
subfamilyStolidosomatinae
Somillus
genusSomillus
Pseudohercostomus
genusPseudohercostomus
Pseudargyra
genusPseudargyra
Haromyia
genusHaromyia
Babindella
genusBabindella
Platyopsis
genusPlatyopsis
Enliniinae
subfamilyEnliniinae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 68020.