Dolichopodidae

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Description & taxonomy

Dolichopodidae
Fri, 07/04/2008 - 10:26 — Irina Brake

Diagnosis:
Mostly slender flies, 0.8-9.0 mm long; smaller forms often stout. Species usually green, sometimes yellow, more rarely brown or black, shining metallic to pruinose. Wing with cells dm and bm united; vein A1 and cell cup sometimes rudimentary or lacking.

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