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Dolichopus
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Dolichopus is a large cosmopolitan genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. Adults are small flies, typically less than 8 mm in length. Nearly all species are metallic greenish-blue to greenish-bronze.[3] It is the largest genus of Dolichopodidae with more than 600 species worldwide.[4]
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Dolichopus | |
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Dolichopus urbanus | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Dolichopodidae |
Subfamily: | Dolichopodinae |
Tribe: | Dolichopodini |
Genus: | Dolichopus Latreille, 1796 |
Type species | |
Musca ungulata | |
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The name of the genus (δολιχός, long, and ποὺς, foot) refers to the length of the feet of its species.[5]