Semaphore Fly

Poecilobothrus nobilitatus

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae

Poecilobothrus nobilitatus or semaphore fly is a species of fly in the highly studied family Dolichopodidae. P. nobilitatus flies are popular study subjects because they are easy to recognize and are of large size.

Distribution

Semaphore Fly — Martien van den Heuvel · CC BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Netherlands · 850United Kingdom · 820Germany · 189France · 46Belgium · 10Luxembourg · 10Switzerland · 4Spain · 2

Sources and credits

PhotoMartien van den Heuvel · CC BY DescriptionPoecilobothrus nobilitatus, Wikipedia contributors

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