Dimorphic Sickleleg

Polydontomyia curvipes

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae

Polydontomyia is a genus of rat-tail maggot flies in the family Syrphidae. The genus is monotypic, comprising a single species, Polydontomyia curvipes, also known as the dimorphic sickleleg. It was formerly a member of the genus Lejops.

Distribution

Dimorphic Sickleleg — (c) Jonathan Eisen, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 258Canada · 107

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Jonathan Eisen, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionPolydontomyia, Wikipedia contributors

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